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INDEX. 



American Institute 
Art Collections 
Battery .... 
Bowling Green . 
Calvary Cemetery 
Cemetery of the Holy Cros 
Central Park - . 
Charitable Institutions 
City Cemetery 
City Hall Park 
City Railroads . 
Cypress Hills Cemetery 
East River Bridge 
Educational Institutions 
Elevated Railway 
Evergreen Cemetery 
Ferries .... 
Gramercy Park 
Greenwood Cemetery 
Hacks and Hack Fares . 
High Bridge Park 
High Bridge . 
Historical Society 
Leading Churches . 
Leading Hotels 
Libraries 



NEW 


YORK. 




page 




page 


. 49 


Lyceum of Natural History 


50 


48 


Madison Square 


29 


. 27 


Manhattan Square 


29 


28 


MORNINGSIDE PaRK 


29 


. 30 


Mount Morris Square . 


29 


s 31 


National Rifle Association 


50 


8 


New York City 


7 


. 54 


Penal and Reformatory In 




30 


STITUTIONS . 


54 


. 28 


Places of Amusement 


61 


58 


Pleasure Grounds 


8 


. 30 


Prominent Buildings 


34 


42 


Race-courses . 


62 


. 45 


Railroad Depots 


60 


59 


Reservoir Square . 


29 


. 31 


Riverside P.vrk . 


29 


60 


Schools .... 


44 


. 28 


Stage Routes 


59 


31 


Statue of Liberty 


44 


. 61 


Streets of New York 


S3 


29 


Stuyvesant Park . 


28 


. 29 


Tompkins Square 


28 


50 


Trinity Church Cemetery 


32 


. 51 


Union Square 


28 


56 


Washington Square 


28 


. 4ii 


WooDLAWN Cemetery . 


32 



BROOKLYN. 



Art Association 
Brooklyn City op 
Hotels . 
Leading Churches 
Libraries 
Navy Yard 



Prospect Park . . .64 
Places of Amusement . 67 

Surroundings of Prospect 

Park 06 

Young Men's Christian Asso- 
ciation . . .69 



INDEX. 



CENTRAL PARK. 





PAGE 


Approach to the Mall 


. 17 


Ball Ground 


16 


Belvedere 


. 24 


Berceau Walk . 


25 


Bethesda Fountain 


. 21 


Block House 


. 26 


Carriage Concourse 


. 19 


Carriage Service 


. 11 


Casino 


. 19 


Cave .... 


24 


Conservatory Water 


. 25 


Cost .... 


. 11 


Croton Reservoirs 


. 13 


Dairy .... 


16 


Gate-ways and Approac 


HES . 12 


General Description ani 


)Sta- 


TISTICS 


8 


General Features . 


. 3 


Green .... 


16 


Harlem Heights . 


. 27 


How TO GO to the Park 


9 


Humboldt Monument 


. 14 


Kinderberg 


. 16 


Lake 


. 21 


Location and Area 


. 11 


Mall 


. 17 


Marble Arch 


. 16 


Menagerie . . " 


. 15 



PAGE 

Merchants' Gate . . 14 

Metropolitan Museum of Art 25 

Monument to Schiller . . 24 

Mount Saint Vincent . 26 

Museum 15 

Music Stand ... 18 
North Park . . . .25 

Nursery .... 27 

Old Fortifications . . 26 

Origin and Early History 9 

Pergola 19 

Pond 15 

Pool, Loch, and Harlem Meer 26 
Principal Entrance . . '14 

Ramble .... 24 
South Park . . . .13 

Spa 17 

Statistics of Visitors . . 11 

Statue of Commerce . . 4 

Statue of the Falconer . 19 

Statue of the Indian Hunter 17 

Statue of Prof. Morse . 25 

Statue of the Tigress . . 19 

Terrace .... 12 
Thoroughfares . . .12 
Trees planted by Prince of 

Wales .... 19 

When open to the Public . 11 







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NEW YORK CITY. 



The metropolis of the United States and the most populous 
lity of the Western Hemisphere, is situated at the mouth of the 
Hudson River, and eighteen miles from the Atlantic Ocean. 
Tiie main body of the city is upon Manhattan Island, in addi- 
tion to which it includes Blackwell's, Ward's, and Randall's 
Islands in the East River; and Governor's, Bedloe's, and Ellis 
Islands in the bay, used b}' the United^States government, and a 
portion of the main-land to the north, but which is separated 
from Manhattan Island by the Spuyten Duyvel Creek and Har- 
lem River. The extreme length of the city north from the 
Battery is sixteen miles, and greatest width, between the Bronx 
and Hudson Rivers, four and one quarter miles. Total area a 
a fraction over forty-one square miles, or 26,500 acres. The 
islands in the East River have an area of about 300 acres, those 
in the Bay 100, and Manhattan Island itself about 14,000 acres, 
or nearly twenty-two square miles. 

The population of the city in 1875 was 1,021,000, but this 
gives very little idea of the actual numbers of people dependent 
upon New York. Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, and other 
adjacent localities, with New York itself, will give a metro- 
politan population of over 2,000,000. 

An idea of the commercial importance of the city can be real- 
ized front the fact that one half the foreign commerce of the 
country passes through this single port, and two thirds of the 
custom revenue is here collected. The amount of imports for 
the year ending June 30, 1874, was $395,133,022, and of exports 
$354,993,732, or on the former 06^ per cent., and tlie latter 50 
per cent, of the entire business of the United States. 

The clearing house, representing fifty-nine banks, made ex- 
changes for the year 1874 to amount of $22,223,212,644, and bal- 
ances $1,024,709,941, exclusive of gold clearances, which were 
for the same period $2,226,832,248, and balances $332,395,085. 

Continuing the figures for 1874 we have forty-four savings 
banks with aggregate resources of $195,335,104, ten trust com- 
panies with capital, trust funds, and deposits aggregating $55,- 
489,822, fifty-four fire insurance companies, some of them with 



8 THE CENTRAL PARK. 

a marine departnietit, and aggregate assets $4:1,961,107, nine 
marine insurance companies with assets of $25,035,786 ; twenty 
life insurance companies, with combined resources of S189,- 
813.950. On January' 1, 1875, there were seventy-four banks, 
fitate and national, with total resources of S496, 852,062. 

The purpose of these brief quotations of figures is simply to 
conve}' a general idea of the business of a city which creates 
figures so enormous as the record of its transactions. 

The manufacturing interests of New York are large, and ac- 
cording to the last census first in the country in point of the 
value of products, although in capital invested and hands em- 
ployed Philadelphia recorded larger figures. The taxable value 
of real estate and personal property — which is very far below 
the actual value— for the year 1875, w\is $1,154,029,176. 

The leading features of interest to the stranger will be briefly 
and compactly noticed under appropriate headings in the follow- 
ing pages. 



THE PLEASURE GROUNDS OF THE 
METROPOLIS. 



Under this head are included the Central Park, the Prospect 
Park in Brooklyn, the Boulevards, that centre at the Great 
Parks, the smaller squares and parks in various parts of the two 
cities, and, although not in any sense "pleasure grounds," yet 
as places of great beauty and interest, the Cemeteries, niostly 
on Long Island, of which Greenwood is preeminent and peerless. 



THE CENTRAL PARK. 



Sectiox I. — general DESCRIPTION AND STATIS- 
TICS. 
An exhaustive treatise upon the Central Park is not contem- 
plated b}' this article. Our purpose is simply to give such facts, 
descriptions, and directions, in familiar form, as will assist the 
stranger in seeking for and appreciating the beauties of the 
Park. 



THE CENTRAL PARK, 9 

HOW TO GO TO THE PARK. 

The public conveyances that lead to the immediate vicinity of 
the Park, are the street cars, as follows, namely : — 

Second Avenue Kailroad, from Peck Slip. Passes five blocks 
east of the Park. 

Third Avenue Railroad, from Broadway, opposite the Astor 
Huuse. Passes four blocks east of the Park. 

Eighth Avenue Kailroad, from botii Vesey and Canal Sts., 
and Bi'oadwa}'. Passes the western boundary of the Park. 

The cars of the above roads all run beyond the upper end of 
the Park, affording opportunity to enter by the gates on 59th St., 
or at either of the upper entrances upon their respective sides. 

Sixth Avenue Railroad, from both Vesey and Canal Sts., and 
Broadway. 

Seventh Avenue Railroad from both Barclay and Broome 
Sts., and Broadway. 

Central Park, North and East River Railroad (Belt). 

Eastern division, from South Ferry by a circuitous route 
through the east side of the city to the Park. 

Western division, from South Ferry via river front and Tenth 
Avenue to the Park. 

The cars of these last named roads do not go bcA'ond 59th 
St., thus necessitating an entrance to the Park by some of the 
the gates at the south end. 

Fourth Avenue (Harlem) Railroad, from Broadway opposite 
the Astor House, via the Bower}', Fourth Avenue, and Madison 
Avenue, to 89th St. This road runs one block east of the Park, 
from 59th to 86th Sts. 

ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY. 

It was about the year 1830 that the city of Kew York 
started from the quiet and steady progress that thus far had 
been its characteristic, and, with a suddenness almost startling, 
took the place which she still holds, and will continue to main- 
tain, as the Metropolis of the Western Hemisphere. 

This change came so quickly that in a short time the entire 
elements of the city Avere transformed, and ver}- soon the city 
was deprived of the quiet gardens and detached dwellings that 
afforded an opportunity for pure air; their places being tilled by 
solid blocks of houses and stores that increased the evil then 
plainly appearing, namely, the want of breathing space. 



10 THE CENTRAL PARK. 

As the cit}^ grew in population, it became a constantly more 
settled fact, that for the majority of the people, especially for 
those of limited means, escape from the city for a little rest or 
recreation was almost an impossibility. 

These facts developed in the public mind a longing for a 
place where blue sky and fresh air, grass, trees, and flowers, 
might be enjoyed with but little expenditure of time or money. 
It was about the year 1848 that the patient and long-suffering 
people of New York began to tind that something must be done 
to supply this daily growing want. 

It was during this year that Mr. A. J. Downing first gave 
public expression, through the columns of the " Horticulturist,"' 
to this universal want of a great public Park. In 1850 he made 
a voyage to England for the purpose of observing the progress 
there made in architecture and landscape gardening. Finding 
much in the public parks to enlist his sympathy and command 
attention, he was led by these experiences again, and more thor- 
oughlv, to advocate the idea he had already advanced, of a Park 
for New York. 

Accordingly, in 1851, Mr. A. C. Kingsland, then the mayor 
of the city, recommended to the Common Council that there 
should be prompt and efficient action taken upon the subject. 
This was the key-note from which the press and people took up 
the strain, and from that time it was a foregone conclusion that 
the people of New York must have a public park worthy the 
wants and fame of the metropolis. 

After many vicissitudes of a legislative character, and much 
discussion as to the location, the Legislature passed an act on 
the twenty-first of July, 1853^ authorizing the city to take pos- 
session of the ground now known as the Central Park. 

The first Commission for the Central Park, consisting of the 
Mayor of the city and the Street Commissioner, was appointed 
May 19, 1856, and they, desiring advice and assistance in the 
discharge of their duties, invited a board of seven gentlemen, of 
which Washington Irving was president, to consult with them 
upon the measures to be taken to effect the transformation of 
the land the city had acqiiired, for the purposes of the Park. 

They proceeded to work upon a plan submitted by the engineer 
who made the original surveys; but it soon appearing that some 
change in the government of the work was essential to success, 
a new Commission of eleven members was appointed, in April, 
1857, which board, by its successors, still controls the interests 



THE CENTRAL PARK. 11 

of the Park. The tirst act of the new Commissioners was to ad- 
vertise for new plans, and on the twenty-tirst of April, 1858, a 
selection was made from thirty-three plans submitted : the suc- 
cessful plan being the united work of Mr. Frederick Law Olm- 
sted and Ml'. Calvert Vaux. 

LOCATION AND AKEA. 
The Park occupies the parallelogram included within 59th 
St. on the south, 110th St. on the north, Fifth Avenue^ on the 
the east, and Eighth Avenue on the west. The entire area, as 
determined by recent surveys, is 859 acres, of which 113 acres 
are occupied by the Croton Reservoirs, over 43 acres by the 
waters of the Park, and of the remaining space 106 acres are 
in drives, bridle-roads, and walks. 

COST. 

The original cost of the land . . . ^5,028,844 
The total expenditure for construction from 

May 1, 1857, to Januarv 1, 1874 . . 8,873,671 



Total cost of the Park, January 1, 1874 $13,902,515 
STATISTICS OF VISITORS. 

The following record of attendance indicates the public appre- 
ciation of the Park : — 

Pedestrians. Equestrians. Vehicles. 

1871, 4,957,778 76,951 1,909,894 

1872, 5,925,973 65,516 1,627,450 

1873, 4,868,620 56,955 1,711,528 

The total number of persons that entered the Park during the 
year 1873, including drivers and occupants of carriages, was 
10,160,159. 

WHEN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 

The Park is open daily to the public at daj-break throughout 
the entire year, and is closed at nine o'clock p. m. from the first 
of November until the first of May, and at eleven o'clock p. m. 
during the remainder of the year. 

CARRIAGE SERVICE. 

Carriages, under the supervision of the Commissioners, are 
run in the Park, whereby visitors may make a complete tour of 
the Park for twenty-five cents, or the trip from the starting 
points to Mount St. Vincent for fifteen cents, and return for a 



12 THE CENTRAL PARK. 

similar amount. Parties availing of this latter privilege are 
obliged to take their chances for a return to the Soulh Park, as 
the stoppage of the Park carriages at IMount St. Vincent, and 
the opportunity for a seat, are both a little uncertain. The car- 
riages may be found at Fifth Avenue and 59th St., and at Eighth 
Avenue and 59th St. Time of the tour, one hour and a half. 

GATEWAYS AND APPROACHES. 

The greatest number of persons and carriages enter the Park 
b}- the Scholars' Gate, at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th 
St., — the natural entrance and exit of all arriving or depart- 
ing by the Fifth Avenue. The improvements at this point 
make this entrance worthy the noble avenue it adorns, and 
when the projected gateway is erected it will be the most im- 
posing of all the Park entrances. 

Next in importance, measured b}' the count of persons and 
vehicles entering it, is the Merchants' Gate at the corner of 
Eighth Avenue and 59th St., the point where Broadway inter- 
sects the Eighth Avenue, and from which the grand boulevard 
departs in a northwesterly direction. A grand circle has been 
laid out directly opposite the gateway, which contributes greatly 
to the general effect of this entrance to ihe Park. 

After the gateways just described, the Farmers' Gate on 110th 
St., — at Sixth Avenue, — is of the greatest consequence. 

From this gate the St. Nicholas Avenue runs diagonally north- 
west to Broadway, and the Sixth Avenue directly north to 
Macomb's dam on the Harlem River, and both being laid out as 
boulevards in highly ornamental style for pleasure driving, are 
exceedingly popular, affording an uninterrupted drive through 
most delightful surroundings, from 59tii St. to Harlem River. 

The nomenclature of the gateways has been a subject of 
much interest ; and the names selected happily illustrate the 
fact, that the Central Park is the people's pleasure-ground, 
common to all, regardless of rank or caste. There seems an 
especi:il fitness in the fact that in these titles, the young and old, 
art, literature, commerce, mechanics, and husbandry, all have 
a representation that will eventually find expression in the sym- 
bolic architecture of the completed gateways. 

THOROUGHFARES. 

The regulations of the Park exclude all vehicles of a business 
nature from the pleasure drives; and to obviate the inconven- 



THE CENTRAL PARK. 13 

ience incident to the interruption of travel across the cit}- for so 
great a space, four transverse roads have been constructed for 
the accunimodation of ordinar}' traffic, which are carried en- 
tirely across the Park by excavations below the level. 

There are nine and one half miles of drives, varying in width 
from forty-live to sixty feet; there are five and one half miles 
of bridle-paths of twenty-five feet width, and twenty-eight and 
one quarter miles of foot-walks of an average width of thirteen 
feet, the latter following all the drives, but leading as well to 
many most beautiful spots, which are entirely lost to the visitor 
who only views the Park from a carriage. 

THE CROTON RESERVOIRS. 

These Reservoirs, so prominent in the scenerv of the Park, 
and so important to the comfort and health of the city, were 
projected, and one of them completed, long before the occupa- 
tion of the site for its present purposes. Tlie Old or Lower Res- 
ervoir is a parallelogram in form, 1,826 feet long and 835 feet 
wide, covering an area of thirty-one acres, and capable of con- 
taining one hundred and fifty million gallons of water. 

The Old Reservoir, being insufficient for the needs of the in- 
creasing population of the city, the New Reservoir was con- 
structed simultaneously with the Park itself. It lies directly 
'north of the otiier, and extends almost the entire width of the 
Park, having an irregular form, and an area of one hundred and 
six acres, with a maximum capacity of one thousand millions 
of gallons. The summits of the wails of botli Reservoirs afford 
pleasant promenades and extensive views, while the skill of the 
architects and landscape gardeners has rendered their presence 
a source of satisfaction rather than of regret. 

GENERAL FEATURES. 

The Park is so naturally divided into two parts by the New or 
Upper Reservoir, that by common consent the divisions are des- 
ignated the North and South Parks. It will only be our pur- 
pose to mention the several points of interest as they would be 
encountered in passing from the southern to the northern end of 
the Park, and not to follow an\' special route. 

Section II. — THE SOUTH PARK. 

This division of the Park is that lying between the southern 
boundary at 59th St. and the New Reservoir, and is the portion 



U THE CENTRAL PARK. 

upon Avhich the larger amount of labor has been expended, in 
the adornment and improvement of the grounds. The leading 
features are the Mali, Terrace, Lake, Ramble, Ball Ground, 
Green, Museum, and Zoological Collection. 

THE MERCHANTS* GATE, 
At the corner of Eighth Avenue and 59th St., is much used by 
citizens of New York for driving. For strangers this entrance 
is next in point of convenience to the Scholars' Gate, described 
farther on. The most interesting features of the South Park are 
nearer to the centre and east, and hence more accessible from the 
Fifih Avenue entrance. 

THE STATUE OF COMMERCE 
Is placed near the Merchants' Gate. It was the gift of Mr. Ste- 
phen B. Guion, a native of New York, and is from the hand of 
Fosquet, a French artist of reputation and ability. 

THE PRINCIPAL ENTRANCE 
Is the Scholars' Gate at Fifth Avenue, corner of 59th St., and is 
the preferable gate for all visitors, either b\' carriage or on foot, 
who desire to see the Park in a limited time. If entering by 
carriage, the natural direction is to follow the drive that leaves 
tlie Pond upon the left and tends in a northwesterly direction, 
and will soon bring the visitor to the vicinity of the Mall, Ter- 
race, and Lake. If entering b}' foot, the visitor may take the 
paths following the drive just mentioned, or may follow the foot- 
paths at the right, which b}' an ingenious system of circuitous 
walks and archways, enable one to walk from this entrance to 
the Zoological Collection and Museum without crossing a car- 
riage-way or bridle-path. 

THE HUMBOLDT MONUMENT. 

The first object that attracts attention on entering the Park 
from Fifth Avenue and oUth St., is the nntnument, surmounted 
by a life-size bust in bronze, of Alexander Von Humboldt, the 
work of Professor Blaiser, of Berlin, which was presented by 
the German citizens of New York. The unveiling of this 
monument, on the fourteenth of September, 18G9, the cen- 
tennial anniversary of Yon Humboldt's birth, was an occasion 
of great public interest. 



THE CENTRAL PARK. 15 

THE POND. 

In the extreme soutlieasteni angle of the Park, the Pond forms 
a prett}^ and leading feature in the scener^^ It Avill be noticed 
on the left of the entrance by the Scholars' Gate. It has an ex- 
tent of about five acres, and is largely artificial, being formed 
to a great degree by the natural drainage of the ground. 

THE MUSEUM. 

An object that arrests attention in the southeastern portion of 
the Park is the Old Arsenal, near the Fifth Avenue boundary 
opposite 64th St. It was formerly owned by the State, and pur- 
chased by the city in 1856 for the sum of $275,000. 

In this building is the beginning of the American Museum 
of Natural History, which is destined to great prominence and 
usefulness. 

The building for the accommodation of this Museum, now 
completed and partly occupied, is in Manhattan Square, a 
public ground controlled by the Park Commissioners, on Eighth 
Avenue between 77th and 81st Sts., immediately opposite the 
western boundary of the Park. The city provides the building 
and the above named societv maintains it. The collection of 
stuffed animals and birds now on view in the "Old Arsenal" 
is quite large, but in addition, the efforts of the society, 
seconded by private liberality, have already provided a great 
number of other specimens, so that when the entire collection is 
displayed in the new building it will be one of the finest muse- 
ums of its Kind in the world. 

Another feature of great importance within these walls, is the 
IMeteorological Observatory, which finds accommodation in a 
large upper room, where a number of curious self-registering in- 
struments record the doings of w-ind and weather. The ultimate 
intention is to add to this an Astronomical Observatory, when 
the necessary building shall have been provided. 

THE MENAGERIE, 
Or Zoi logical Collection, clusters about the museum, many of 
the animals are secured upon the open grass, others, also the 
birds, are confined in cages and arranged in the various houses 
built for their accommodation. This is the best collection of its 
kind in the United States. The Department of Public Parks 
makes favorable ariangemenfs with private parties for tiie care 



13 THE CENTRAL PARK. 

of animals intrusted to its cai'e for exhibition in the Park. By 
this means the collection is often enriched hy the loan of rare 
and interesting specimens. 

THE DAIRY 

Is a picturesque Gothic structure, situated directly north of 
the Pond and contiguous to the south transverse road, with 
•which it is so connected that all supplies may be taken into it 
independently of the Park thoroughfares. Here pure milk, and 
similar refreshments more especially suited to the appetites of 
children, are supplied at a moderate cost. 

A short distance from the Dairy, in an almost westerly direc- 
tion, is — 

THE KINDEEBERG, 

Which opens upon a playground especially intended for the use 
of small children, where they may enjoy their little sports, and 
neither interfere with, nor be molested by the rougher sports of 

THE BALL GROUND, 

Which is still farther to the west, and occupies a large open 
space, also south of transverse road No. 1. Here is a commo- 
dious house erected for the accommodation of the ball-players. 
During the summer, ball play is permitted two days in the week, 
which is as much use as can be made of the ground without de- 
struction to the turf. 

THE MARBLE ARCH 

Is located immediately west of the southern end of the Mall, 
and is one of the most elegant and costly structures within the 
Park, being the onlv one in which this material is exclusively 
used. Its purpose is to carry the carriage-drive over the foot- 
path, which enters it at one end on a level, while at the other a 
double stairway, leading to the right and left, leads up to the 
level of the Mall. 

THE GREEN. 
Following the drive, that crosses the Marble Arch, as it leads 
to the west, and changes direction northward, a broad lawn of 
fifteen acres, designated by name as the Green, is revealed. In 
the proper season a large flock of South DoAvn sheep, attended 
by a shepherd, tind their pasture here, and supply a simple feat- 
ure of rural life. 



TFIE CENTRAL PARK. 17 

THE STATUE OF THE INDIAN HUNTER 

Is seen upon the right of the drive west of and near the south- 
erly end of the Mall. It is in bronze, of heroic size, by J. Q. 
A. Ward. It represents an Indian youth inclining forward and 
looking eagerly for his game, while Avith his right hand he re- 
strains his dog, his left grasping his bow and arrow. The bold 
and vigorous treatment of the subject justly entitles this to rank 
as a tine example of the plastic art. 

THE SPA 

Is on the north side of the Green, and west of tlie Mall. The 
building is highly decorated in arabesque. Schultz, the cele- 
brated manufacturer of artificial mineral waters, is in charge, 
and supplies the waters to visitors at five and ten cents per glass. 

THE APPROACH TO THE MALL. 

In approaching the Mall from the south, the visitor should 
Avatch carefully for the point which will give the view directly 
through the Mall, across the Terrace, the Lake, the higher ground 
of the Ramble beyond, and terminating f^t the point Avhere the 
Belvedere rears its high tower at the lower edge of the Reservoir. 
This view is the crowning glory of the Landscape Gardening of 
the Park, and is so deftly planned that the visitor easily supposes 
the distance to be measured by miles, rather than a few thousand 
feet. In harmonizing this effect great skill has been displayed 
not oulv in the proportions of the Mall, but even in the color of 
the foliage that clothes the heights of the Ramble. 

THE MALL. 

The prominent feature of the Lower Park is the Mall ; a 
straight walk which starts from a point just east of the Marble 
Arch and extends in a northerly direction for nearly a quarter of 
a mile. The whole width is two hundred and eight feet, and 
throughout its entire length there is, on each side, a double row 
of American elms, separated bv a promenade in the centre, of 
thirty-five feet in width. At the southerly end of tl^e Mall is 
the Scott Monument, which bears upon its pedestal the follow- 
ing inscription: "Presented to the City by the resident Scots- 
men and their Sons, on the 15th August, 1871, the 100th 
Anniversary of the birth of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet." It is 
of colossal size, representing the great novelist in a meditative 
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THE CFNTRAL PARK. 



attitude, seated carelessly oti a rock with his faithful dog 
at his feet. It is a replica in bronze, of the marble statue by 
the same artist, John Hull, for the Scott Monument in Edin- 
burgh. A statue of Shakespeare, the gift of a number of citi- 
zen# of New York through the Shakespeare Dramatic Associa- 
tion, is placed at the southeast corner of the walks, and ere long, 
Robert Burns and Daniel O'Connell will be honored by their 
respective admirers with monuments and portrait busts in the 
same vicinity. The Mall terminates at the northern end in a 
spacious square or plaza, which is ornaxnented with two very 



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THE MALL FROM THK TERRACE. 



pretty fountains, and gilded bird-cages mounted on pedestals. 
In close proximitv to this plaza, and at the north end of the 
Mall, is 

THE MUSIC STAND, 
An elaborate structure, decorated with gilding and bright 
colors from which, on Saturday afternoons in the summer and 
autumn, an excellent band discourses beautiful music. Near 
the music stand on the westerly side of the Mall is a fine group 
of eagles in bronze, the gift of Mr. Gordon W. Burnham, a dis- 
tinguished citizen of New York. Our illustration gives the 



THE CENTRAL PARK. 19 

grouping of the scene at this point, including the north end of 
the Mall and the Music Stand. 

THE TREES PLANTED BY THE PRINCE OF WALES 

During his visit to this country in the autumn of 1860, — an 
English oak and an American elm, — are thriving finely. Tliey 
may be found west of the centre of the Mall, between the foot- 
path and drive. 

THE PERGOLA 

Is a delightful bower of rustic work, over which are trained wis- 
terias, honeysuckles, and rose vines. It is situated on rising 
ground just east of the upper end of the Mall, convenient to the 
Music Pavilion and the Casino, at a point commanding an excel- 
lent view of the Terrace, Lake, and Ramble. 

THE CARRIAGE CONCOURSE 
Is an open square adjoining the Pergola, affording visitors in 
carriages access to the Casino, and is a convenient place to pause 
on music days and enjoy the band without alighting. 

THE CASINO 
Is a neat and tasteful cottage structure designed for a ladies' 
refreshment house, where a well-ordered restaurant is main- 
tained, and although a private business, is under the supervision 
and control of the Park Commissioners. The Casino is pleas- 
antly located just at the edge of the Carriage Concourse, and 
overlooking all the attractions of the Terrace and vicinity. 

THE BRONZE STATUE OF THE FALCONER, 

Is on the left liand of the drive, a short distance west of the Mu- 
sic Stand. It is a figure twelve feet in height, and represents a 
young man in doublet and hose, with a hawk poised for flight 
upon his outstretched left hand. The artist is George Simmons 
of Rome, and the statue was cast in bronze by the late Clementi 
Papi, of Florence, and is seen precisely as it left the mould. The 
donor is Mr. George Kemp. 

THE BRONZE STATUE OF THE TIGRESS 
iNIay be found a short distance west of the Terrace, to the right 
of the drive. It represents a tigress in the act of bringing food 
to her cubs, and was presented to the Park by twelve gentlemen, 
residents of New York. It is six feet high, seven and a half 



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THE CENTRAL PARK. 



feet long, and is the production of the celebrated Augusta 

Caine. 

THE TERRACE. ' 

Dividing the plaza that terminates the Mall from the carriage 
drive that intervenes between it and the Terrace, is a magniti- 
cent screen work of Albert freestone, in which are two openings 
whereby persons can leave their carriages and enter the Mall, 
or from it can cross the drive to the stair-ways that lead to the 
Terrace below. Tliese stairs, which are displayed below, are 
worthy of the closest examination, for it will be seen that no 
two of the many panels that surround the wall of the staircase 
are alike, and it is their beauty and ingenuity rather than mere 
varietN' that make them objects of admiration. The decoration 
is all based upon forms of vegetation symbolic of the four sea- 
sons, and surpasses the decorative sculpture on any public build- 
ing in America. 



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STAIRS FROM CARRIAGE-WAY TO TERRACE, CENTRAL PARK. 



Pursuant to the theory that every visitor, whetlier walking, 
riding, or driving, may visit the entire Park in his own way 
without intarference, another means of access from the Mall to 



THE CENTRAL PARK. 21 

the Terrace has been provided, so that drivers may not be em- 
barrassed by pedestrians crossing the roadway at this much 
thronged point, and they, in turn, may not be exposed to the 
risks thereby incurred. To meet this end, a stair-way has been 
constructed from the plaza at the end of the Mall to the level of 
the Terrace below, leading into an arcade that passes under the 
drive. The floor and ceiling aie finished in elaborate patterns 
of encaustic tiles, and the stone ^\ork is everywhere beautifully 
carved. 

Having passed over one or the other of the stair-ways leading 
from the upper level the visitor reaches the Terrace, a broad es- 
planade which stretches north to the margin of the Lake. It 
is inclosed with a low wall of carved stone which is pierced with 
three openings, one on either side, from which foot-paths lead 
north and south respectively, and one on the water-front whence 
visitors may take the boats for a row on the Lake. 

THE BETilESDA FOUNTAIN. 

Li the centre of the Esplanade of the lower Terrace is a spa- 
cious basin which receives the water Howing from the recently 
completed aud greatly admired fountain. The basin and sub- 
structure of granite and bronze were designed and erected b}' tlie 
architects of the Park, and have been in place for a ninnber of 
years, but the figure which is the principal feature of the foun- 
tain, and to wiiich all the details of the work are subordinate, al- 
though ordered by the Commissioners in 1863, was not placed in 
position until ten years later. The idea of the angel figure was 
taken from the fifth chapter of the Gospel of St. John, second to 
fourth verses, and most appropriately suggests the thought of 
healing by pure water. The figure reflects great honor upon 
Miss Stebl)ins who designed it in Rome, and upon Von ^liiller of 
Munich, who did the casting. 

THE LAKE. 

From the Terrace the attention is turned naturally toward the 
Lake, frequently mentioned as the Central Lake. Tliis sheet of 
Avater stretches away from the front of the Terrace to the west 
aud north, in an irregular outline of bays and headlands, which, 
with the little islands that dot the surface, the dense woods of 
llie eastern and northern shore, the elaborate Terrace on the 
southern side, the boats, swans, and ducks floating upon the 
surface, combi)ie to produce a most picturesque effect. The Lake 



22 



THE CENTRAL PARK. 



is divided into two unequal parts by the Bow Bridge, Avhich con- 
nects the foot-path on the southerly' side with the Ramble on the 
opposite shore. West from this bridge is the larger portion of 
the Lake, and farther away to the west the Balcony Bridge 
crosses a small arm of the Lake at a point near Eighth Avenue 
and 77th St. The swans are not the least interesting feature 
of the Lake. Twelve of them were originally the gift of the 




BALCOXT BRIDGE. 

city of Hamburg. The popularity of the boats upon the Lake 
is evident from the fact that, during the year 1871, over one 
hundred and twenty-seven thousand persons availed themselves 
of tile opportunity for this amusement. There are two classes 
of boats : the Passage, for which fixed rates of fare for the 
round trip are charged, and the Call boats that go at the 
pleasure of the passengers. The cost is moderate, and the re- 
muneration to the lessee quite small for so extensive a busines^s. 
The Department is now erecting a picturesque boat-house on the 



THE CENTRAL PARK. 23 

East Bay, a short distance east of the water front of the Ter- 
race, for the general accommodation of the boating business of 
the Lake. 

It is, however, in the winter season that the Lake, and other 
waters of the Park, furnish attraction to the greatest numbers. 
The care exercised that the ice may be properly kept in order for 




lAT-nOUSE ox LAKE. 



skating purposes, is full}'- appreciated by the many thousands 
that throng to the Park when " the ball " is up, and where under 
a few simple and reasonable restrictions any one may come and 
enjoy this exhilarating winter sport. The northern end of the 
western portion of the Lake is reserved exclusively for ladies. 



24 THE CENTRAL PARK. 

THE RAMBLE. 

After the Lake, the Ramble is the natural attraction. It cov- 
ers a piece of ground of about thirty-six acres sloping upward 
from the northern shore of the Lake to the old Croton Keservoir, 
and is bounded on either side by the great drive, from which 
access may be gained by foot-paths that leave the drive at the 
northwest and northeast corners of the Ramble, although the 
principal avenue of approach is by the Bow Bridge across the 
narrow part of the Lake. The Ramble is a labyrinth of wooded 
walks abounding in sequestered nooks, rustic bridges over little 
brooks, wild vines and flowers, summer-houses and seats of rustic 
make, occasional little patches of lawn all clustering so naturally 
that the agency of art in the grouping scarce seems apparent. 
It is not sur|)rising that the Ramble has more loving friends than 
any other portion of the Park, when it is considered how many 
are the attractions it offers. The Lake shore is beautiful at 
everv point; fine views ever3Mvhere reveal themselves; and for 
the pleasant chat of friends, the quiet enjoyment of a book, or 
simple rest from toil, the Ramble has abundant accommodation. 
More pretentious descriptions than this utterly fail of justice to 
its beauties. To be enjoyed it must be visited; to be appreciated 
it must be made one's own familiar friend. 

THE MONUMENT TO SCHILLER, 

The German poet, is placed in the western part of the Ramble, j 
near the shore of the northern arm of the Lake. ■ 

THE CAVE. 
At the base of the extreme western slope of the Ramble is the 
Cave, an interesting spot, partly natural and partly artilicial. 
Here the owls are kept, having recently been removed from the 
zoiilogical collection. A steep path leads to the foot of a large 
rock, turning which sharp to the left the Cave is entered at a 
level; the entrance is dark, but a few steps reveal the light, and 
afford an outlook upon the Lake. From*the other side a series 
of rocky steps lead to the tip of the rock over the Cave. 

THE BELVEDERE 

Is an irregular Norman-Cothic ^tructure situated on a large 
rock that pierces the wall of the Old Reservoir at its southwest- 
ern angle. This rock was long an eye-sore in this portion of tlie 
Park, but has now been put to the excellent purpose of sustain- 



THE CENTRAL PARK. 25 

ing an additional and attractive feature of the landscape, which 
not only provides a pleasant place of rest and shelter, but is 
unequaled as a point from which to gain a comprehensive view 
of the entire grounds, the rock is self l)eing the highest point in 
the Park. No visitor should fail to ascend this tower. 

THE BERCEAU WALK 
Is a quiet, retired walk which stretches iaa straight line directly 
east from the Belvedere, and parallel to the southern edge of 
the Reservoir. It is a pleasant Avalk, and owing to its long ex- 
tended parallel lines has a peculiarly deceptive effect of distance. 

THE MORSE STATUE. 
East of the Belvedere near the Inventors' Gate at Fifth Ave- 
nue and 72d St. The figure is in bronze, and Avas modeled by 
Byron M. Pickett. The statue is especially a testimonial of 
gratitude and respect from the craft of which he was the founder, 
and its cost Avas wholl\' defrayed by contributions of the em- 
ployees of the telegraph companies of the United States and 
British America. The statue Avas publicly displaA^ed June 10, 
1871, and Professor Morse was able to be present, but survived 
the honor only a few months, dying on the 2d of April, 1872. 

CONSERVATORY WATER 

Is an ornamental lake of two acres in extent, lying contiguous 
to the Fifth Avenue, directly east of the large lake. 

The Scotch citizens of New York here find opportunity to 
enjoy their national game of curling. Commodious houses are 
erected in the Avinter season on the margin of the Lake, for the 
accommodation and refreshment of spectators and curlers. 

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. 
The building for this purpose is rapidly approaching comple- 
tion, and is located near Fifth Avenue, opposite 82d St. The 
city provides the building and the association maintain it. 
The Art collection, intended as the beginning of this enterprise, 
has been on exhibition at No. 128 West 14th St., but in the 
spring or summer of 1877 will be remoA'ed to the above building. 

SkctioxN III.— THE NORTH PARK. 

All of that portion of the Park lying above the Ncav Reser- 
voir is usually known as the North Park, but is connected Avith 
the South Park by the drive, bridle-road, and foot-path. This 



26 THE CENTRAL PARK. 

section has not received the amount of elaboration that has 
been bestowed upon the South Park, but should not on tliat ac- 
count be neglected by tlie visitor. The special objects of inter- 
est are not numerous ; but the landscape has a bold, free, 
sylvan character, the opposite of the South Park, which is pas- 
toral ; the treatment of the two sections being entirely dif- 
ferent for purposes of contrast; the drives have longer sweeps 
and stretches, the elevations and depressions are more marked, 
and the views from the higher points abundant!}' reward the 
time, trouble, and strength consumed in seeking them. The 
most prominent features will be found noted in detail in the fol- 
lowing paragraphs : — 

MOUNT ST. VINCENT. 
The thoroughfares that lead from the South Park pass en- 
tirely around a large, open space, north of the New Reservoir, 
denominated the North Meadows, the roadway on the east side 
leading beyond to Mount St. Vincent. The building is used 
principally for a restaurant, where may be found at all times 
comfortable rest and refreshment. The remainder of the build- 
ing is occupied by offices of the Park, and a Museum, in which 
are deposited the casts of the late Mr. Crawford's sculptures, 
eighty-seven in all, presented to the Park by his widow in 18G0. 

OLD FORTIFICATIONS. 

Well to the northeast corner of the Park, and forming a pretty 

point from which to overlook the Harlem Meer, are remains of 

earthworks erected during the War of 1812. They have been 

neatly turfed over, but preserved as nearly as possible in their 

original form. 

THE BLOCK-HOUSE. 

Considerably to the west of the earthworks, beyond the Lake 
and near the Warriors' Gate, which opens upon Seventh Ave- 
nue, is a small block-hiuise, a relic of 1812, and which was 
used either as a magazine or fortification. This and the earth- 
works were links in the chain of fortifications that extended 
across the north end of the island, of which abundant evidences 
exist farther to the west. 

THE POOL, LOCH, AND HARLEM MEER. 
The three bodies of water bearing the above names, are essen- 
tiallv one, being connected and flowing into each other. Like 



PUBLIC SQUARES AND PAEKS. 27 

the other waters of the Park, they are mainly artificial, formed 
to a great extent by collecting the drainage of the valley that 
here traverses the entire Park diagonally. The waters flow 
from the Pool, that begins within a few feet of the wall on the 
west at 101st St., to the Harlem JNIeer, that reaches within a 
few feet of the eastern boundary from 107th to 110th Sts., and 
follows the northern line from the corner to a point midway 
between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. A small streamlet con- 
nects the Pool on the west with the Loch in the centre, and 
another little run connects the Loch with the Meer on the east. 
A foot-path runs around the entire water, Avinding over roman- 
tic bridges by foaming little cascades and quiet pools. We can 
only hint at these points, and leave the seeker for the beauties of 
the Park to find and enjoy them for himself. 

THE NURSERY. 

The Nursery, for the propagation of trees and shrubs, where 
they are kept until sufficiently grown to transplant, lies near 
the Fifth Avenue boundary, south of the Harlem Meer, and 
east of Mount St. Vincent. 

HARLEM HEIGHTS. 

This elevation, about midway between the Pool and the north- 
ern boundary, is a central feature in the northwestern portion of 
the Park. There is a carriage concourse at the top, whence there 
is a commanding view, extending from the Hudson to the East 
River, and the Sound, iiuluding within its scope a remarkable 
variety of featui'e and interesting incident. 



PUBLIC SQUARES AND PARKS. 



THE BATTERY. 

On the southwestern water-front of the city, the Battery has 
an area of about twelve acres and a fine growth of trees. On 
the grounds is an old fortification known as Castle Garden, 
which for a long Avhile served as a place of amusement, but is 
now a landing-place for emigrants. It was here that the first 
colonists of New York pitched their tents, and from here the 



28 PUBLIC SQUARES AND PARKS. 

British troops evacuated the city at the end of the War of the 
Revohition. Subsequently it became the fashionable promenade, 
and around it chistered the residences of the wealthiest citizens. 

THE BOWLING GEEEN, 

A small inclosure at the foot of Broadway, is of no special in- 
terest bej'ond the historic fact that it formerly contained a leaden 
statue of George III., which the patriotic citizens destroyed and 
converted into musket balls, during the Revolutionary War. 

THE CITY HALL PARK, 
Facing Broadway between Ann and Chambers streets. Its 
original area was eleven acres, of which a portion has been cut 
off for the new Post OlHce, besides which it contains the City 
Hall, the new Court House, and other smaller public buildings. 

WASHINGTON SQUARE, 

Formerly the Potter's Field, containing nine acres, lies be- 
tween Waverley Place on the north and Fourth St. on the 
south. It is bisected by the extension southward of Fifth Ave- 
nue, the thoroughfare of which through the Square has been 
ornamented by a handsome fountain. 

UNION SQUARE 
Between Broadway and Fourth Avenue, 15th and 17th Sts. On 
the south of this Square, on the eastern side, is the bronze 
equestrian statue of Washington, and on the western side the 
bronze statue of Lincohi. 

GRAMERCY PARK 
Is a private property, lying between 20th and 21st Sts. and 
the Third and Fourth avenues. 

STUYVESANT PARK 
Lies on either side of Second Avenue between L5th and ITlli 
Sts. St. George's Episcopal Church is on the west side of llie 

Park. 

TOMPKINS SQUARE 

Is between Avenues A and V> and 7th and 8th Sts. It is one of 
the largest parks in the city, and is much used for military pur- 
poses. 



PUBLIC SQUARES AND PARKS. 29 

MADISON SQUARE 
Is at the junction of Fifth Avenue anil Broadway, and has an 
area of ten acres. On the west side stands the monument to 
General Worth. 

RESERVOIR SQUARE 

Is between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, and 40th and -iSd Sts. 
The distributing reservoir occupies one half its area, and the re- 
mainder, formerly the site of the Crystal Palace, is now kept as 
an open park. 

MOUNT MORRIS SQUARE 
Is at Fifth Avenue and 120th St. Its area is nearly twenty 
acres, and is tastefully laid out. In the centre rises a rugged 
hill to the height of 101 feet above the sea, from the top of 
which are magnificent views. 

MANHATTAN SQUARE 

On Eighth Avenue, between 77th and 81st Sts., is now being 
occupied by the buildings in preparation for the American 
Museum of Natural History. 

HIGH BRIDGE PARK. 

See High Biudge. 

MORNINGSIDE PARK 

Is between 110th and 123d Sts., and contains fort^'-eiglit acres. 
It is not sufficiently improved to be worthy of a visit. 

RIVERSIDE PARK 

Is between 72d and 120th Sts. Contains 188 acres, but is not 
vet laid out. 

THE HIGH BRIDGE. 

This is the most important structure connected Avith theCroton 
Aqueduct, the great canal that conducts the water supply of 
New York cit}', from the Croton River, a distance of over forty 
miles, to the great receiving Reservoir. The High Bridge crosses 
the Harlem River and Valh\v, a distance of fourteen hundred 
and fifty feet. It is supported by fourteen piers, the top of the 
highest arch being IIG feet above high water. 

Near b}' is the tower with a tank capable of containing 55,000 
gallons, and a reservoir of 11,00 ',000 gallons' capacity for the 



30 CEMETERIES. 

•water service of the higher portions of the city. Tiie siirround- 
iiig-i of these several works have been laid out as the High Bridge 
Park, and the locality is one that the visitor should not fail to 
see. This is a pleasant objective point for a drive through the 
Central Park and Boulevards, or it can be reached by the Harlem 
Railroad, Harlein Steamboats, or by the Third Avenue Railroad, 
connecting with the Steamboats. 



CEMETERIES. 



CALVARY CEMETERY. 

The principal Catholic burial ground in the neighborhood of 
New York is located near Newtown, Long Island, two and a 
half miles from 10th St. Ferry. It can be reached by 23d and 
10th St. Ferries and Grand St. and Newtown Railroad. 

The present inclosure contains 100 acres, and another plot of 
over eighty acres in the immediate neighborhood has been re- 
cently purchased. The principal object of interest is the Soldiers' 
Monument, erected by the city of New York to the Catholic sol- 
diers who died in the late war. There are many ver\' beautiful 
private monuments, mostly situated in Section 7, immediately 
fronting the Mortuary Chapel. Many improvements now pro- 
jected will, in the course of a year or two, make this Cemeter}' 
as ornate and beautiful as any in the vicinity of New York. 
Interments for 1874 numbered 14,61)0. Office 266 Mulberry St. 

CITY CEMETERY. 

Office, East 11th St., corner Third Avenue, New York. Situ- 
ated on Hart's Island. Reached by ferry from foot East 110th St. 

CYPRESS HILLS CEMETERY 
Is near East New York, about five miles fmm the ferries. The 
most convenient route from New York is vld South Ferrv and 
East New York cars, or by the Houston St. and South 7th St. 
Ferries via Brooklyn, E. D. 

This Cemetery is chiefly remarkable from its commanding 
position, which affords extensive and beautiful views. There 
have been 35,000 bodies transferred from the city burying 
grounds; beside them are many veterans of the War of 1812, 



CEMETERIES. 31 

and 3,500 Union soldiers, victims of the late war, also interred 
here. The Masonic Fraternity, Odd Fellows, and Sons of Tem- 
perance, all have burial plots in this Cemetery. Ofiices, 124 
Bowery and Tii Broadway. 

CEMETERY OF THE HOLY CROSS. 
Tliis is a small cemetery devoted entirely to the use of Roman 
Catholics; it has many beautiful monuments, and is under the 
control of the Bishop of Brooklyn. From its location in Flat- 
bush, it is often designated as the Flatbush Cemetery. 

EVERGREENS. 
Office at Cemetery. These grounds are located about three 
miles east of Brooklyn, Long Island, on the Bushwick Road, and 
reached by cars from Fulton Ferry. 

GREENWOOD CEMETERY. 

This beautiful restiug place of the dead, justly regarded as 
unequaled in'this countrv for beauty of location and elegance 
of improvements, is situated in South Brooklyn overlooking the 
Bay of Ne\v York. The principal entrance is on Fifth Avenue, 
directly opposite the termination of 25th St., to which point sev- 
eral lines of cars run from the Fulton and South Ferries. 
There is another entrance, not much used, on the eastern side, 
and very near to the depot of the Prospect Park and Coney 
Island Railroad, which runs horse cars from Fulton Ferry to the 
Park and Greenwood (Vanderbilt Avenue Line), and steam cars 
thence to Coney Island. 

Worthy of special note, as the more prominent objects of in- 
terest, are the main entrance gate, designed by Richard Upjohn, 
with its sculptures of the entombment and resurrection of the 
Saviour, the bringing to life of the widow's son, and tiie raising 
of Lazarus; surrounded by the figures of Faith, Hope, Memory, 
and Love; the bronze statue and monument of DeWitt Clinton; 
the monument to Miss Charlotte Canda, the Pilots' and Fire- 
men's Monuments, the sculptures in the lot of the late John Mat- 
thews, and the Battle Monument upon Battle Hill, erected by the 
city of New York to the memory of the enlisted men of her reg- 
iments that died in the late civil war. The moniunent is of gran- 
ite, with a square pedestal at the base, from which rises a circu- 
lar shaft, with a cap and circlets of bronze. At each corner of 
the pedestal is a bronze figure of a soldier, a little above life-size, 



32 CEMETERIES. 

each one representing an arm of the military service, — namely, 
Infantry, Artillery, Cavalry, and Engineers. There are four bas- 
ruiiufs in bronze upon the faces of the pedestal, giving four scenes 
in the history of a soldier, —namely, the Departure, the Battle, 
Wounded upon the Field, and the Burial. The Cunimings Monu- 
ment, upon Sas.safras Avenue, is regarded as the most perfect in 
design, proportion, and exquisite treatment of any in the Ceme- 
ter}"-. But these are only brief suggestions as to very prominent 
objects. There are hundreds of lovely spots, tasteful monuments, 
charming views, artistic arrangements of trees and flowers, deli- 
cate and tasteful tributes of affection to lost friends, that the 
observing visitor will readily find which would require many 
pages to describe and to which no description can do justice. 
No tourist in New York can afford to omit a visit to Green- 
wood. 

The grounds cover a space of 450 acres; there are seventeen 
miles of carriage drives, equal in construction to Park roads, 
and fifteen miles of foot-paths, mostly concrete. The Cemetery 
was opened in 1842, and cost originally S281,684; prt-esent valua- 
tion 31,000,000. The proceeds of sales of lots are all invested in 
the improvement or enlargement of the grounds, or in a reserve 
fund for that purpose, which amounted in 1875 to 8978,190.16. 
Maps and hand-books for such as desire them can be had at the 
cilice, 30 Broadway, New York, or at the Cemetery. 

TRINITY CHURCH. 

Office, 187 Fulton St., New York. The grounds — twenty- 
five acres beautifully laid out — are located at 155th St. and 
Tenth Avenue. Reached by Harlem River Railroad, stopping 
at 152d Street Station. 

WOODLAWN. 

Office, 48 East 23d St. Situated in Westchester County, seven 
miles from Harlem Bridge. Reached by Harlem Railroad. This 
Cemetery contains 300 acres, and was laid out in 1805, since 
which time it has improved with remarkable rapidity. 

Additional to the above are the Lutheran, Macphelah, Marble, 
IMount Olivet, New York Bay, OaU Hill, and Union Cemeteries, 
and the Potter's Fields of New York and Brooklyn. To find the 
localities, refer to Appendix of the New York Directory or 
Mackev's "Guide." 



STREETS. — PROMINENT BUILDINGS. 33 



THE STREETS OF NEW YORK. 



The portion of the city lying below 14th St. is somewhat irregular, 
but the plan of the upper and newer part of the city is more symmet- 
rical. It embraces avenues running north to the end of the Island, 
intersected at regular distances by streets running east and west from 
river to river. The aveniies, beginning on the extreme east, at the 
widest part of the city, are lettered from D to A, thence numbered 
from 1 to 12. Beginning at 21st St. between Third and Fourth Ave- 
nues, and running north, is Lexington Avenue ; and similarly begin- 
ning at 2;3d St. between Fourth and Fifth Avenues is Madison Avenue. 
Sixth and Seventh Avenues are broken by the Central Park from 59th 
to 110th Sts. Fourth Avenue from 34th to 42d Sts. is 140 feet wide, 
and for this distance is called Park Avenue, being divided in the centre 
by a series of beautiful little parks so arranged as to beautify the 
openings of the Railroad Tunnel which here runs under the street. 
The avenues are numbered north, and the streets east and west from 
Fifth Avenue, each block being numbered by hundreds, and the hun- 
dred in any given number indicating the distance in blocks from Fifth 
Avenue. Thus No. 352 West 23d St., would be in the third block west 
of Fifth Avenue. 

Every visitor to New York should leisurely examine Broadway, the 
great central thoroughfare of the city, at least from the Battery to 
34th St. It is the main artery of the city, and is lined with a variety 
of business structures as diverse in architecture as the purposes to 
which they are dedicated. Also, Wall St. and vicinity, — the term 
describes a locality rather than a single street, — as the centre of 
financial influence ; the Bowery, the leading east side thoroughfare, 
as illustrating the cheaper class of retail trade ; and Fifth Avenue, 
Madison Avenue, 34th and 42d Sts., as streets containing the best class 
of residences. 

If the visitor desires to see the lower extreme of New York life it 
may be found in the neighborhood bounded by the Bowery on the east 
and Canal St. on the north, or east of the Bowery and between Grand 
St. on the south and 6th St. on the north. 



PROMINENT BUILDINGS. 



New York is almost destitute of buildings with a historic interest, 
but abounds with modern structures for the public service, educa- 
tional, religious, and commercial uses, that will in many cases com- 



34 PROMINENT BUILDINGS. 

mand the admiration of the architectural critic, and with every visitor 
to the city will awaken an interest and repay the time expended in an 
examination. The notable structures are classified by streets, so that 
vrith the guidance of this book the stranger may find them in regular 
sequence in pa.<eing through the streets indicated. ^It is important to 
remember that this li:;t takes cognizance only of buildings that are by 
their character objects of interest. Institutions of various sorts will 
be found in their propfer classification. 

WALL STREET. 
From the East Ricer to Broadway. 

Tontine Building, N. W. corner of Pearl St. 

Brown Brothers & Co. (Brown, Shipley, & Co., Liverpool), banking 
building, S. E. coi-ner of Hanover St. 

United States Custom House, occupying the entire block between Han- 
over and William Sts. It was formerly the Merchants" P^xchange. 
Its massive architecture and elegant proportions cannot fail to ar- 
rest attention, and its interior is worth a passing visit. The dome of 
the rotunda, 124 feet high, is an interesting feature. 

Bank of New York, N. E. corner of William St. 

Bank of America, N. W. corner of William St. 

Treasury Building, formerly the Custom House, N. E. corner of 
Nassau St., cout.iining the U. S sub-treasur}' and assay office. It is 
upon the site of the old Town Hall of Revolutionary times, and is 
interesting as being the scene of Washington's inauguration as the 
first President of the United States, in April, 1789. 

Drexel Building, S. E. corner of Broad St. 

New York Stock Exchange, Broad St. below Wall, west side. An in- 
teresting place, during business hours, to the stranger. Admittance 
can be obtained through the introduction of a member. 

BROADWAY. 

From Wall Street to the City Hall Park. 

Trinity Church, opposite the liead of Wall St., is called the best ex- 
ample of Gothic architecture yet completed in the United States. 
Has a good chime of bells, is open daily, has a spire 284: feet high. 
from which there is a magnificent view that repays the ascent. The 
first structure was destroyed in 1776, was rebuilt in 1788, and the 
present building was begun in 1839 and consecrated in 1846. In the 
churchyard is a monument to the patriots who died in prison during 
the Ilovolutionary War. 

Metropolitan Bauk, N. E. corner of Pine St. 

Equitable Life Insurance Building, S. E. corner of Cedar St. The 
offices occupied by the Company should be visited. 

American Exchange Bank, \. L. corner of Cedar St. 

Mutual Lile Insurance Buildiag, Ij. U. (oruer of Liberty St. 



PROMINENT BUILDINGS. 35 

Western Uuioii Telegraph Company, N. AV. corner of Dey St. Ten sto- 
ries high, incluling three in the roof, surmounted by a tower, the 
top of which is 230 feet from the ground. 

" Evening Post"' Building, S. E. corner of Fulton St. 

St. Paul's Church, N. \V. corner of Fulton St. The pediment contains 
a statue of St. Paul, and below it is a monument to Gen. Pilchard 
Montgomery. 

Park Bank, east side above Fulton St., a very elaborate structure of 
white marble. 

" Herald •' Building, S. E. corner of Ann St., adjoining the Park Bank. 
A locality long familiar as the former site of Barnum's Museum. 

Astor House, west side from Barclay to Yesey Sts. Built by John 
Jacob Astor, and surrendered to his son, W. B. Astor, in 1824, for 
the consideration of one dollar. 

In the Clly Hall Park. 

The New York Post Office occupies a triangular space at the southerly 
end of the City Hall Park. This magnificent building was sutfl- 
ciently completed to admit of occupancy in September, 1875. It is 
built of Dix Island granite, in the Doric and Picnaissance style, has 
a front on the north of 279 feet, on the south of 144 feet, and 262i 
at the sides. It accommodates the City Post Office, the United 
States Courts, and other federal offices, except the custom and finan- 
cial departments Its cost was nearly §7,000,000. 

The City Hall, directly north of, and fronting the Post Office. Built 
1803-12 ; cost over §500,000 ; accommodates the Mayor, Common 
Council, and other officials ; also, the City Library. The " Govern- 
or's room," on the second floor, is the chief object of interest, and 
contains a gallery of portraits of eminent men, mostly by distin- 
guished artists, the desk upon which Washington wrote his first mes- 
sage to Congress, the chairs used by the First Congress; also, the chair 
which was used by Washington at his inauguration as President. 

The New Court House, directly in the rear of the City Hall. It was 
commenced in 1861, and is still incomplete, although it has been oc- 
cupied for a number of years. Its length is 250 feet, breadth 150 
feet, and height, Avhen completed, to the top of the dome with which 
it is to be surmounted, 225 feet. The building is entirely fire-proof, 
and has offices for several courts, the Piegister, Surrogate, Comp- 
troller, City Chamberlain, and Sheriff. The architecture is Corin- 
thian, material white marble, and when completed will be one of the 
most beautiful buildings in this city. Its cost is already about the 
same as the Post Office building. 

The brown-stone buildings east of the Court House have no interest, 
save that they both serve public uses for courts, and one of them 
has an engine-house on the first floor. 

The Hall of Records, east of the City Hall, a heavy stone building, 
formerly a prison, now used for the registry of deeds. 



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PROMINENT BUILDINGS. 



Around the City Hail Parh. 

The " Times " Building, at the juQCtion of Park How and Nassau St., 
east of the Park. 

The " Tribune ■■ Building, N. E. comer of Spruce and Nassau Sts. 
Nine stories high, surmounted with a tall tower, and clock. The 
total height of the building is 260 feet. Visitors are admitted to the 
tower, which gives an unsurpassed view of the city and vicinity. 



I 




THE NEW YORK POST OFFICE. 



The Bronze Statue of Franklin, in Printing House Square. 

The " Staats-Zeitung"" Building, fronting Printing House Square, N. 

E. of the Park ; a fine granite building with statues of Franklin 

and Gutenberg. 
Devlin & Company's Clothing Store, S. E. cor. of Broadway and ^^'a^ren 

St., west of the Park. A substantial white marble building. One 

of the stores belonging to the leading clothing firm of the metropolis. 



PEOMINEN r B UlLDINGS. 



37 



A. T. Stewart & Co., wholesale store ; N. W. of the Park, cor. of 
Chambers St. 

Broadway^ from the City Hall Park to Union Square. 
New York Life Insurance Building, S. E. cor. of Leonard St. 
Devlin & Company, Leading Clothing House, S. W. cor. of Grand St. 




St. Nicholas Hotel, bLt\\een Bioome and "^innig *^ts , ea^t "^ide. 

Metropolitan Hotel, between Prince and Houston ^ts , A\L^t t^ide. 

Grand Central Hotel, -net side opposite Bond St 

New York Hotel, west side, between Wasliington PL and Warerley Pl.^ 

A. T. Stewart & Co.'s Retail Store, east side, between 9th and 10th Sts. 

Grace Church, east side, above 10th St. An elaborate structure, loth 
without and within, of white freestone. This church has a com- 
manding position, standing exactly in the angle of Broadway, where 
it changes direction toward the west. 

Methodist Book Concern, N. W. cor. of 11th St. 

Around Union Square. 

Domestic Sewing Machine Company, S. W. cor. 14th St. 

Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Co., 14th St. west of Broadway. 

Bronze Equestrian Statue of Washington. 

Bronze Statue of Lincoln. 

Singer Sewing Machine Company, east of the Square, cor. 16th St. 

Steinway Hall and Steinway & Sons piano warei'ooms, 109 and 111 
East 14th St. 

German Savings Bank, cor. Fourth Avenue and East 14th St. 

Tammany Hall, East 14th St., between Irving Place and Third Ave- 
nue. 



38 PROMINENT BUILDINGS. 

Academy of Music, on 14th St., one block east of the Square. 
Tiffany & Co., jewelry, west of the Square, cor. 15th St. 

Broadway from Union Square to Madison Square. 
Arnold, Constable. & Co., Retail Dry Goods Store, S. W. cor. 19th St. 
Lord & Taylor, Retail Dry Goods Store, S. W. cor. 20th St. 

Around Madison Square. 
Fifth Avenue Hotel, west side between 23d and 24th Sts. 
Hoffman House, west side between 24th and 25th Sts. 
Worth Monument, west side at point of intersection of Fifth Avenue 

and Broadway. Erected in 1857 to the memory of Major-general 

Worth by the city of New York. 
Madison Square Church (Presbyterian), east side, cor. of 24th St. 
Union League Club House, east side, cor. of 26th St. 

FIFTH AVENUE. 

WasJiington Square to Madison Square. 
Brevoort House, N. E. cor. Clinton Place. 
Church of the Ascension, N. W. cor. 10th St. (Episcopal). 
First Presbyterian Church, west side between 11th and 12th Sts. 
Delmonico"s Restaurant and Hotel, N. E. cor. 14th St. 
Haight House (French flats), S. E. cor. 15th St. 
Manhattan Club, S. W. cor. 15th St. 
Chickcring's Music Hall. N. W. cor. 18th St. A new and very elegant 

hall for musical entertainments. 
South Reformed Church, S. W. cor. 21st St. 
Union Club, N. W. cor. 21st St. 
Hotel St. Germain, N. E. cor. 22d St. 

For this part of Fifth Avenue refer to Prominent Buildings on 
Broadway, division " Around Madison Square." 

Madison Square to Central Park. 
Hotel Brunswick, east .**ide between 26th and 27th Sts. 
Stevens House, S. W. cor. 27th St. French flats; built by the late 

Paran Stevens. 
Collegiate Reformed Church, N. W. cor. 29th St. 
•Residence of A. T. Stewart, Esq., N. W. cor. 34th St. 
Christ Church (Episcopal), S. E. cor. 35th St. 
Brick Church (Pre.sbyterian), N. W. cor. 37th St. 
Croton Distributing Reservoir, west side between 40th n\n\ 42d Sts. 
Temple Emanuel, N. E. cor. 43d St. (Jewish Synagogue). This is the 

best specimen of Moorish architecture in this country ; the interior 

is richly ornamented in Oriental style. 
Fourth Universalist Church, S. W. cor. 45th St. 
Church of the Heavenly Rest (Episcopal), east side above 45th St. 
Windsor Hotel, east side from 46th to 47th Sts. 



PROMINENT BUILDINGS. 39 

Collegiate Reformed Church, N. W. cor. 48th St. 

Buckingham Hotel, S. E. cor. 50th St. 

St. Patrick's Cathedral, east side from 50th to 51st Sts. The founda- 
tion of this magnificent structure was laid in 1858, and the building 
is still in progress. It will have two spires of 328 feet high, each. 
Its depth is 332 feet, and breadth from 132 to 174 feet. 




ST. PATRICKS CATHEDRAL. 



Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, east side from 51st to 52d St.?. 

St. Thomas Church (Episcopal), N. W. cor. 53d St. 

St. Luke's Hospital, west side from 54th to 55th Sts. 

Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, N. W. cor. 55th St. 

The Lenox Library , between 70th and 71st Sts. ; will shortly be opened. 

The Lenox Hospital, 70th St. near Fifth Avenue. 



40 PROMINENT BUILDINGS. 

FOURTH AND PARK AVENUES. 
From Astor Place to A2d Street. 

Cooper Institute occupies the entire block between Tliird and Fourth 
Avenues and Seventh and Eighth Sts. It is a spacious brown-stone 
building, and was erected by Mr. Peter Cooper, for the moral, intel- 
lectual, and physical improvement of his countrymen, at a cost of 
^300,000. It Avas by him conveyed to a Board of Trustees to hold 
and manage for the benefit of the public. In the basement is a 
large hall, much used for political gatherings and popular lectures,^ 
the first and second floors are rented as stores and offices, yielding a 
revenue of about $30,000 per year, and the 3d, 4th, and 5th floors 
are devoted to the purposes of the Institute, which embrace a li- 
brary, reading room, classes of instructions and lectures, — all free. 

Bible House fills the block, facing the above, between Third and Fourth 
Avenues, and Eighth and Ninth Sts. The ground floor is occupied 
by stores, and portions of the upper floors by offices. The remainder 
is used for the manufacture of Bibles. They are printed in twenty- 
nine dialects, and when the work is in full operation over six hun- 
dred persons are employed. Visitors are admitted. 

Stewart's Retail Store, between 9th and 10th Sts. extending to Broadway. 

At this point refer to Broadway section, " Around Union Square. " 

All Soul's Church (Unitarian), S. E. cor. 20th St. 

Calvary (Episcopal), east cor. 21st St. 

Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church, N. W. cor. 22d St. 

Saint Paul's Church (Methodist), N. E. cor. 22d St. 

Young Men's Christian Association, S. W. cor. 23d St. A spacious, 
complete, and elegant building, containing library, reading room, 
gymnasium, and lecture room. (See Libraries.) 

National Academy of Design, N. W. cor. 23d St. A very peculiar build- 
ing in the Venetian style, built of gray, white, and blue stone. (See 
Art Collections.) 

Hippodrome, or Gilmore's Concert Garden, between 26th and 27th Sts. 
Formerly the depot of the Harlem and New Haven Railroads, 
aftenvards Barnum's Hippodrome, more recently Gilmore's Concert 
Garden. Sometimes used for popular religious meetings. 

Tunnel of Fourth Avenue street-car line, from 33d to 42d Sts., over 
which the street takes the name of Park Avenue. 

Hotel for Working Women, cor. of 33d St. An immense structure, 
built of iron, by Mr. A. T. Stewart. Not yet occupied. 

Church of the Messiah (Unitarian), cor. of 34th St. 

Church of the Covenant (Presbyterian), cor. of 35th St. 

First Baptist Church, cor. of 39th St. 

Grand Union Hotel, cor. of 42d St. 

Grand Central Railroad Depot, 42d St. opposite Park Avenue. The 
finest building of its kind in the United States, 700 feet in length. 
(See Railro.\d Depots.) 



PROMINENT BUILDINGS. 41 

MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS. 

Normal College, Fourth Avenue and 69th St., for the training of fe- 
males (graduates of the grammar schools), as public school teachers. 
It i.s very large, 300 feet long by 125 feet wide, and is the finest build- 
ing of its class in the country. 

College of the City of New York, Lexington Avenue and 23d St. (free 
to male graduates of grammar schools), formerly the Free Academy. 

Columbia College, Madison Avenue and 50th St. 

St, Peter's Roman Catholic Church, cor. Church and Barclay Sts. 
The site of first Catholic Church in New York. 

Harper Brothers* Publishing House on Pearl St. 

Police Headquarters, Mulberry St. between Bleecker and Houston Sts. 

Hudson lliver Railroad Freight Depot, in the block bounded by Hudson, 
Beach, Varick, and Laight Sts. 

Masonic Temple, N. E. cor. Sixth Avenue and 23d St. New and very 
elegant. Dimensions 100 by 140 feet, with a dome rising 155 feet 
from the sidewalk. 

St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Stuyvesant St. near Second Avenue. It 
occupies the site of the chapel built by Governor Stuyvesant, one of 
the early Dutch rulers. At his death he was buried in a vault 
under the chapel, and the slab of the vault commemorating him 
may now be seen in the wall of St. Mark's. He died in 1682, aged 
eighty years. 

Madison Avenue Reformed Church, Madison Avenue and 57th St. 

St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Madison Avenue and 44th St. 

Church of Holy Trinity (Episcopal), Madison Avenue and 42d St. 

St. George's Episcopal Church, cor. 16th St. and Rutherford PI. 

Booth's Theatre, cor. of Sixth Avenue and 23d St. 

Grand Opera House, cor. of Eighth Avenue and 23d St. 

Mount Sinai Hospital, 66th St. 

The Tombs, Centre and Leonard Sts. 

Delaware & Hudson Canal Co., Cortland St. west of Broadw^ay. 

Old Dutch Church, N. E. cor. of Nassau and Cedar Sts. Formerly 
known as the Middle Dutch Church. Completed in 1729. During 
the Revolutionary War it was used by the British soldiery as a rid- 
ing-school for cavalry, and as a military prison. It was for many 
years, until September, 1875, used as the New York Post Office. 

De Lancey House, cor. of Broad and Pearl Sts., is interesting in its past, 
but quite uninviting in its present, being a tenement house with a 
lager-bier saloon upon its first floor. Erected early in the last cent- 
ury, it was originally the residence of Stephen De Lancey, sub.se- 
queutly was used as a business house, and afterward became the 
famous City Tavern of the period of the Revolution. It was the 
favorite resort of the politicians of the day, afforded accommodations 
to the clubs, and was the scene of many social festivities of the best 
society. Washington and his staff, with Governor Clinton, here 



42 PROMINENT BUILDINGS. 

celebrated the Evacuation of the City by the British troops, and here 
took leave of his officers December 4, 1783, before leaving for Annap- 
olis to resign his commission as Commander-in-chief. 
The Manhattan Market. This structure, which covers a larger area of 
ground than any other in New York, is located at 34tli St., and 
fronts upon the Eleventh Avenue and the Hudson River. It occupies 
four acres, and measures SCO feet in length by 200 in width, was 
erected in 1871 at a cost of $1,250,000. It contains extensive accom- 
modations for butchers and market-men, and has a large abattoir lor 
slaughtering purposes. Owing to its inaccessibility, it has not, up to 
the time of this writing, proved a financial success, but improved 
communications with distant parts of the city are expected to make it 
pay. It is a tasteful and substantial structure, suimovinted with a 
cupola 228 feet high, commanding a fine view of the Hudson River 
and surroundings, to which visitors are admitted. Open daily, ex- 
cept Sundays, from 8 A. M. to 6 P. M. 



THE EAST EIVER SUSPENSION BRIDGE. 

This stupendous enterprise, bv which it is proposed to unite 
the cities of New York and Brooklyn, is one of the boldest me- 
chanical undertakings of this generation, and when completed 
will rank as a master-work. It has been in progress for some 
years, and will, it is hoped, be completed early in 1878. 

At the time of the present writing, the pier on the Brooklyn 
side of the river, at the Fulton Ferry, has reached its full height, 
and the New York pier, at the foot of Roosevelt Street, is rapidly 
approaching completion. These piers, or towers, are built 
directly upon caissons, which are sunk to the rock below the 
bed of the river, that upon the New York side being the largest 
that has ever been sunk. The towers are 134 feet in length by 
50 feet in width at the water line, and will be 268 feet in height 
above tide water. The central span of the bridge will be 1,595 
feet long, and will be sustained by four cables of steel wire of 16 
inches diameter each. From the central span to the anchorages 
at either end, where the cables are secured, will be spans 940 
feet long each, also suspended from the cables, and from the 
anchorages the approaches terminate the work, of which the 
total length will be 6,000 feet. The floor of the bridge at the 
centre will be 135 feet above high water, thus offering no 
obstruction to navigation. It will be 85 feet wide, with a spa- 
cious promenade, and abundant space for roadways and horse- 
car tracks. 

Lack of space forbids details of construction, but in addition 



STATUE OF LIBERTY 



43 





THE PROPOSED STATUE OF LIBERTY FOR THE BAY OF NEW YORK. 



U STATUE OF LIBERTY. 

to the great towers, the anchorages, each containing about 35,000 
cubic feet of masonry, are well forward, and are -worthy of a 
visit. The total cost, including land and buildings taken, will 
be nearly $10,000,000. 

THE STATUE OF LIBERTY FOR THE HARBOR OF 
NEW YORK. 

Our engraving represents the colossal statue of Liberty, which 
it is proposed to erect during the centennial year on one of the 
islands of New York harbor, as a gift from France to Amei-ica, 
in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the 
national independence of the United States, and of the alliance 
with France that assisted in achieving that independence. The 
necessary funds are to be obtained by voluntary subscriptions, 
for the figure in France, and for the pedestal in the United 
States. The model for the figure, which has been accepted by 
the Paris committee having the project in charge, was designed 
by the eminent French sculptor, M. Auguste Bartholde, and the 
beautiful sentiment which is to be realized in the completed 
work had its origin with M. fidouard Laboulaye, the distinguished 
French statesman, and long-time friend of the United States. 
The statue will be of bronze, more than one hundred feet in 
height, and will be placed upon a pedestal of identical elevation. 
It will therefore be a commanding object at a great distance, and 
it is intended that from the head shall radiate streams of light 
at night that will make it serve the purpose of a light-house. 
In conception and detail the idea is beautiful, and it is fitting 
that the two great republics of the world should thus manifest 
the sentiments of " peace on earth and good will to man." 

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 

Elsewhere is given .a tabic of the higher Educational Institutions of 
New York which have been created by acts of incorporation, but ad- 
ditional to these the city has a large number of private schools of a 
high order which cannot be referred to in detail, anel a Public School 
system which embraces one Normal College, one model Primary School, 
one Saturday Normal School, ninety-five Grammar Schools, ninety- 
three Primary Schools, nine Colored Schools, and thirty-one Evening 
Schools, making a total of two hundred and twenty-three schools, 
with 2,29G teachers, 215,261 enrolled scholars, and a daily average 
attendance of 100,615. Besides these there ai'e many parish schools 
attached to various churches of which there are no published records. 



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40 LIBRARIES. 



LIBRARIES. 



Apprentices, 472 Broadway. Fouudecl by the General Society of Me- 
chanics and Tradesmen (whicli was chartei-ed in 1792) in 1821, and 
enriched by beqnests of De Witt, Lorillard, and others. Free to ap- 
prentices, boys, and females in the employ of mechanics and trades- 
men ; others upon payment of l?2 per year. Number of volumes, 
55,000. Circulation from 120,000 to 140,000 per annum. Open daily, 
except Sundays, from 8 A. M. to 9 p. m. Jacob Scliwartz, Libra- 
rian. 

Astor Library, La Fayette Place, near Astor Place. Founded and en- 
dowed by John Jacob Astor. Endowment increased by the gifts and 
legacies of his son, W. B. Astor. The report of the trustees made 
to the Legislature of the State of New York, January 1, 1875, shows 
an endowment of $773,336, and a library of 150,306 volumes. The 
total number of readei's for 1874 was 41,692, and of volumes read 
127,579. The library is free, but no books are allowed to be taken 
from the halls. It is open daily, except Sundays and holidays, fioin 
9.} A. M. to 5J p. M. from May to October; and from November to 
March, from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Librarian, . 

Brick Church Chapel, 230 West 35th St. Open evei-y evening, except 
Sunday and Monday, from 7^ to 9|. Emil Jasper, Librarian. 

City, 12 City Hall. Open daily from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. James Barclay, 
Librarian. Free to all persons. 

Cooper Union, Seventh St. cor. Fourth Avenue. E. M. Schroeder, li- 
brarian. Open from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. 

Harlem, 2238 Third Avenue. D. P. Ingraham, President. Tliomas 
Wallace, Librarian. Terms, $2 per annum. (>pen from 2 to 7 p. m. 

Library of the American Institute, Cooper Union. John W. Cham- 
bers, Librarian. Open daily from 9 A. m. to 9 p. M. Terms of mem- 
bership of (Institute and) Library, $5 initiation fee and §3 per 
annum. 

Medical and Journal Association, 107 East 28th St. Open 9 a. m. to 
9 p. M. Membership $10 per annum. A. E. M. Purdy, Librarian. 

Mercantile Library Association, Astor Place, near Broadway. This 
Library was founded in 1820, and opened in 1821 with 700 volumes. 
It now has 160,000 volumes, is the largest in this city, and the fourth 
in size in the United States. The number of paying subscribers is 
8,300, besides which there are 2,000 others, including stockholders, 
honorary members, editors, etc. The terms of membership are : for 
clerks, $1 initiation fee and .$4 annual dues ; for all others, $5 per 
year. The reading room is supplied with 450 American and foreign 
newspipers and periodicals. Books are delivered only to members 
or upon tlioir written order, but strangers temporarily in the city 



LIBRARIES. 47 

are permitted to use the reading room. Books are delivered to any 
part of the city below 60th St., and there is a brancli office for the 
accommodation of members at No. 21 Liberty St. The Library stalf 
consists cf Mr. H. T. Pro.>ser and twenty assistants. The Library is 
open daily from 8 o'clock x. m. until !) o'clock p. m. The reading 
room remains open until 10 o'clock, P. M. 

Mott Memorial Free Medical, 61 Madison Avenue. A. B. Mott, Direc- 
tor. Open daily from 11 a. m. to 9 p. m. 

New York Historical Society, Second Avenue, cor. East 11th St. Ceorge 
IL Moore, Librarian. Open, from October to April, from 9 a. m. 
to 9 p. M. ; from April to October, from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. 

New York Hospital, 8 West Sixteenth St. Open from 10 to 12 M., IJ 
to 5 and 7.J to 10 p. M. John L. Vandervoort, Librarian. 

New York Law Institute, 41 Chambers St. Open daily (except Sun- 
days) from 9 A. M. to 5 p. m. A.J. Vandei-poel, Librarian. Terms 
of membei'ship, §150, subject to assessments. 

New York Society, 67 University Place. Organized in 1754, and con- 
tains 64,000 volumes. W. S. Butler, Librarian. Open from 8 a. m. 
until 6 p.m.; Reading room from 8 a m. to 10 p. m. Terms of mem- 
bership, ^25 for a transferable right, subject to an annual pay- 
ment of ^10. Temporary subscription, ^\b per annum. Free shares, 
$150. 

Printers', 3 Chambers St. John Craw, Librarian. Open last Sat- 
urday evening in each month. The Library contains over 4,000 
volumes. There is no charge made, except where persons take books 
from the Library, for which privilege $1 a year is charged. 

U. S. Military Post Library Association, 58 Broadway. Lloyd Aspin- 
wall. President ; John B. Ketchum, Secretary. 

Washington Heights, Tenth Avenue, near West 156th St. John Mac- 
MuUen, Librarian. 

Woman's, 88 Bleeker St. Samuel Willetts, President ; Mrs. M. W. 
Ferrer, Superintendent. Open daily from 9 a. M. to 4 p. .M. Terms 
of membership, $1.50 per annum. 

Young Men's Christian Association, East Twenty-tliird St. corner 
Fourth Avenue. R. B. Pool, Librarian. Open daily from 8 a. m. to 
10 p. M. ; and Sundays from 2 to 9.30 p. m. Respectable persons of 
both sexes admitted free, without regard to membership, to use of 
the Library and Reading Room. The Library has 10,500 volumes, is 
general in its character, but with a very good collection upon fine 
arts. The Reading Room has the current periodicals, literary news- 
papers, and higher scientific publications. 

Lenox Library (will shortly be opened). Fifth Avenue, between Seven- 
tieth and Seventy-first Sts. Founded by James Lenox. The founder 
in addition to a foundation of $300,000, for the maintenance of 
the Librai-y, has added his exceedingly valuable personal collec- 
tion of books, manuscripts, paintings, engravings, and other art 
objects. 



48 ART COLLECTIONS. 

ART COLLECTIONS. 



METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. 
No. 128 West lith Street. 

Open daily, Sundays excepted, from 10 A. m. to 5 p. m. Mon- 
days and Thursdays free. On other days 25 cents admittance. 

Tiiis is the only public art collection of note in this city ; but 
although young in years, it has already made marked progress 
in the acquisition of specimens in many branches of Ancient, 
Mediaeval, and Modern Art. A commodious building is in prog- 
ress in the Central Park, for the accommodation of the Museum, 
wiiich, it is expected, will be read\^ for occupation in the spring 
or summer of 1877. 

The principal objects on exhibition are the Cesnola collection 
of antiquities from C3'prus, comprising Statuar\^, Pottery, Glass, 
Articles of Bronze, Gold, and Silver, Paintings by the Old Mas- 
ters, and b}^ the late Thomas Kensett, Reproductions of Works 
of Art in the South Kensington Museum, and the Copper Plates 
engraved for Audubon's "Birds of America." 

The above named, with other articles too numerous to be re- 
ferred to here, are the property of the Museum. 

In addition there is on exhibition a loan collection, consisting 
of Pottery and Porcelain, from the Trumbull, Prime, and the 
Aver\^ collections, Bronzes, Ivorv Earrings, Enamels, Lacquers, 
Arms, Armor, and Paintings by ancient and modern artists. 

Since the foundation of the Museum, there lias been expended 
upon it for collection and maintenance over $320,000, of which 
above S06,000 were disbursed during the year terminating in 
May, 1875. 

Visitors are referred, for detailed particulars of the collections, 
to the following works published by the Museum and for sale at 
the desk : — 

Price. 
Catalogue of the Pictures by Old Masters . . 25 cents. 

Hand-bonk for the Use of Visitors examining Pottery 

and Porcelain 50 cents. 

Guide (illustrated) to the Cesnola Collection . . 25 cents. 
Catalogue of the Loan Exhibition of Paintings and 

Statuary 10 cents. 

Catalogue of the Collection of Arms, Armor, etc., 

loaned to the Museum by H. Cogniat, E«q. . 10 cents. 

Photographs of Various Objects in the Museum, 

5 ) cents, and 75 cents each. 



ART COLLECTIONS. 49 

ARTISTS' FUND SOCIETY. 

This Society, organized for benevolent purposes, derives its 
support from an annual exhibition of pictures, contributed by 
Members of the Society, which are sold at public auction at the 
close of the exhibition. These exhibitions have been held in the 
month of January, annually for sixteen years, this year (1876) 
at Kurtz Gallery on Twenty-third Street east of Broadway, — 
Madison Square. The critical character of the Committee hav- 
ing charge of the reception of pictures, and the promptness with 
which inferior works are rejected, insures invariably' a good ex- 
hibition, and the fact that there are no reserve prices at the sale 
secures the contidence and favor of picture buyers. 

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN. 
Fourth Avenue, corner East 23d St. Was founded in 1826. It 
has a collection of paintings, gives an extensive exhibition of 
paintings every spring, and maintains free classes of instruction 
for art students. 

GALLERY OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 

See under title of New York Historical Society. 

PRIVATE GALLERIES AND ART STORES. 

New York contains many private collections of choice paint- 
ings. Among them the galleries of Messrs. August Belmont, 
A. T. Stewart, John Taylor Johnston, James Lenox, the late W. 
H. Aspinwall, and others. The public has no access to them, a 
personal acquaintance or introduction being the only means of 
viewing these art treasures. 

The stores of William Schaus, No. 749 Broadway, Goupil 
(Knoedler), corner Fifth Avenue and 22d St., and Snedecor, 176 
Fifth Avenue, always have a choice collection of pictures in the 
galleries, to which strangers are freely admitted. 



MISCELLANEOUS ASSOCIATIONS. 



AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 
Was incorporated in 1829, for the encouragement of Agricul- 
ture, Manufactures, Science, and Arts. It has rooms for meet- 
ings, and a valuable library' in the Cooper Institute. Fairs are 
4 



50 MISCELLANEOUS ASSOCIATIONS. 

held annually during the month of October in the Rink at corner 
of Third Avenue and 63d Street. 

LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 

In Madison Avenue. Has a good library and a large collection 
of plants. 

THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

At Second Avenue and 11th Street, was founded in 180-t. It 
has a very valuable library, particularly full in American History, 
and owns the Abbott collection of Egyptian Anticiuities, the 
Lenox collection of Ninev^eh Sculptures, and a line gallery of 
pictures. Admission can be obtained through the introduction 
of a member. 

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. 

Range at Creedmoov. 

This Association was organized in 1872, and in the short 
period of its existence has had a success that is very extraordi- 
narv. Within this time it has acquired the property upon which 
the world-renowned Creedmoor Range is located, has brought 
the Range in man\^ of its appointments to a remarkable condi- 
tion of completeness ; has arranged a system of discipline in 
rifle practice, and an equitable and orderl}' conduct of competi- 
tive shooting nearly or quite perfect ; has developed a marked 
popular taste for skill in marksmanship ; has been the means of 
supplying the great need of the 1st and 2d Divisions of the 
National Guard of the State of New York, for practical instruc- 
tion in the use of breech-loading arms and accuracy in shooting, 
and through one of its subsidiary organizations, the Amateur 
Rifle Club, has brought about the great International Rifle con- 
tests, between Irish and American teams, at Creedmoor, in the 
summer of 1874, and at Dollymount, near Dublin, a year later.* 

During the year 1874, there was expended by the Association, 
upon theadministiation and improvement of the Range, nearly 
$19,000, and in the year 1875, prizes to the value of S10,000 
were distributed at the various military and amateur matches. 

Extensive improvements in the way of buildings, roadways, 
and appliances of various kinds, having in view the perfecting 
of the range in safety, convenience, and attractiveness, are de- 
signed, Avhich Avill be realized as the means of the Association 
will allow. 



THE LEADING CHURCHES. 51 

Except under certain conditions none but members, and the 
National Guard as otticially ordered, are allowed to practice, 
certain days being assigned to the latter. The Range is open 
daily during the season, Sundays excepted, from 6 A. m. to 
7 r. M. No liquors are allowed upon the grounds. 

The National Guard matches generally take place in the 
month of October, in some years beginning during the late days 
of September. Information regarding matches, membership, 
and general regulations, can be obtained in printed form at the 
otKce.of the Association, Bennett Building, No. 96 Nassau 
Street, corner of Fulton. 

To go to Creedmoor, take the Central Railroad of Long 
Island, from Hunter's Point. Ferry boats, to Hunter's Point, 
leave James' Slip and S-lth Street, East River, connecting with 
trains. The train time is given from Hunter's Point, and thirty 
minutes from James' Slip and fifteen minutes from 34th Street, 
should be allowed additional to advertised hour of departure. 



THE LEADING CHURCHES. 



[Foi^ Complete List see City Eegistkk, from City Directory, 
p. 17.] 

Lack of ppace prevents a complete list of all the churches in New York. The 
selections given are believed to include the most prominent and interesting to 
strangers, although the necessity of choosing from the very large number may 
liave resulted in unfair discrimination, but which, under the circumstances, is 
unavoidable. 

BAPTIST. ^ 

This denomination has twenty-nine churches and five mission chapels in this 
city. The names of the leading churches are appended : — 
Calvary, 50 West 23d St., Eev. R. S. M'Arthur. 

Fifth Avenue, 4t;th St., west of Broadway, Eev. Thos. Armitage, D. D. 
First. Park Avenue, comer of SOth St., Rev. Thos. D. Anderson. 
Pilgrim, West ."Wd, near Eighth Avenue. Rev. J. S. Kennard. 
Tabernacle, lOG Second Avenue, near 10th St., Rev. J. B. Hawthorne, D. D. 

CONGREGATIONAL. 

There are six Congregational churches in New York, of which the following 
are most prominent: — 
Church of the Disciples, Rev. George H. Hepworth, Madison Avenue, corner 

East ^th St. 
Tabernacle, Rev. W. M. Taylor, D. D., northeast corner Broadway and .>4th St. 



52 THE LEADING CHURCHES. 

FRIENDS. 

The Society of Friends have the following three meeting-houses: — 
East Fifteenth Street, corner Rutherford Place. 
Twentieth Street. No. 144 East -Mh. St. 
Twenty-seventh Street, No. 43 West 2rth St. 

JEWISH SYNAGOGUES. 

The Jews have twenty-four Synagogues. The leading ones are here given. 
Bnai Jeshurun, 145 West 34th St. 
Shearith Israel, 5 West 19th St. 
Temple Kmanu El, northeast corner 44th St. and Fifth Avenue. 

LUTHERAN. 

There are twenty-one churches of this faitli in New York. The four follow- 
ing are believed to be the most attractive: — 
Gustavus Adolphus, 151 East 22d St., Rev. J. G. Princell. 
Holy Trinity, 47 West 21st St.. Rev. G. I. Krobel. 
St. James, 21G East 15th St., Rev. A. R Wedekind. 
St. Paul's 226 Sixth Avenue, Rev. F. W. Geissenhainer. 

METHODIST EPISCOPAL. 

There are forty-seven churches and seven mission chapels belonging to the 
Methodist Episcopal Church in New York. The following list shows sonic of 
the most prominent and interesting: — 

Old John Street, John St., between Nassau and William, no pastor. 
St. Paul's. Fourth Avenue, corner 22d St.. Rev. 1. A. M. Chapman, D. D. 
Washington Square, 137 West Fourth St., Rev. Wni. Lloyd. 
Central. .58 Seventh Avenue, Rev. C. S. Harrower. 
Bedford Street. 28 Morton St., Rev. G. H. Gregory. 
St. James, Madison Avenue and 12th St., no pastor. 
Tabernacle, West 34th St., near Eighth Avenue. Rev. John Johns. 
St. Luke's, West 41st St., near Sixth Avenue, Rev. Wm. P. Abbott. 

MORAVIAN. 
Lexington Avenue and 30th St., Rev. A. A. Rcinke. 

PRESBYTERIAN. 

There are forty-three Presbyterian churches in the city, and eleven missicn 
chapels, nearly all of the latter having regular pastors. The following are the 
most prominent churches of this denomination : — 
Brick Church (no minister). Fifth Avenue and 37th St. 

Church of the Covenant, Rev. Marvin R. Vincent, Park Avenue and 35th St. 
Fifth Avenue. Rev. John Hall. D. D., northwest cor. Fifth Avenue and 55th St. 
Fourth Avenue, Rev. Howard Crosby, D. D.. northwest cor. Fourth Av. and 

2-Jd St. 
Madison Square, Rev. W. I. Tucker, southeast corner Madison Avenue and 

24th St. 
Memorial, Rev. C. S. Robinson, D. D., corner of Madison Avenue and 53d St. 



THE LEADING CHURCHES. 53 



PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL. 

Tlierc are fifty-seven churches and twenty-three mission chapels of the 
Protestant Episcopal Church in this city. The following are the most promi- 
nent: — 

Ascension, Fittli Avenue and 10th St., Rev. John Cotton Smith, D. D. 
Calvary, corner Fourth Avenue and 21st St., Rev. E. A. Washburn, D. D. 
Grace, a)0 Broadway, near 10th St., Rev. Henry C. Potter. 
Holy Trinity, Madison, corner of -l^d St., Rev. S. H. Tyng, Jr. D. D. 
St. George's, Rutherford Place and East 16th St., Rev. S. H. Tyng, D. D. 
St. Thomas, Fifth Avenue and oM St., Rev. W. F. Morgan, D. D. 
St. Bartholomew, Madison Avenue and 44th St., Rev. J. Cooke, D. D. 
Trinity, Broadway, opposite Wall St., Rev. Morgan Dix, D. D . 
Trinity Chapel, 15 West 25th St., Rev. C. E. Swope, D. D. 

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES. 

There are forty-four Catholic churches in New York. The most prominent 
are, — 

The Cathedral of St. Patrick, corner Prince and Mott Sts. 
St. Peter's, corner Barclay and Church Sts., Rev. M. J. O'Farrell. 
St. Francis Xavier's, West IGth St., between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, Rev. D. 

Merrick, J. J. 
St. Stephen's, East 28th St., between Lexington and Third Avenues, Rev. E. 

McGlynn, D. D. 
St. Anne's, East 12th St., between Third and Fourth Avenues, Very Rev. F. J. 

Preston, V. G. 
St. Paul's, 59th St. and Fourth Avenue, Very Rev. J. T. Hecker, C. S. P. 
St. Vincent de Paul's (French), 2od St., between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, 

Rev. E. Aubril, S. P. M. 
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer (German), .jd St., between Avenues A and 

B, Rev. J. Wirth, C. S. S. R. 
St. Anthony of Padua (Italian), Sullivan St., between Prince and Houston 

Very Rev. Jas. Fitta, O. S. T. 



REFORMED (Dutch). 

The Reformed Church has fourteen churches and eight mission chapels. 
The following are most prominent: — 

Collegiate, La Fayette Place and 4th St., Rev. T. W. Chambers, D. D. 
Collegiate, Fifth Avenue and 4Sth St., Rev. T. E. Vermilye* D. D., Rev. J. M. 

Ludlow, D. I). 
Fifth Avenue, 29th St., corner of Fifth Avenue, Rev. W. Ormiston, D. D. 
iSIadison Avenue, Madison Avenue and 57th St., Rev. H. D. Gause, D. D. 
South, Fifth Avenue and 21st St., Rev. E. P. Rogers, D. D. 

UNITARIAN. 

Of the five Unitarian churches in this city, the following are the most promi- 
nent: — 

All Souls, Fourth Avenue and 20th St., Rev. H. W. Bellows, D. D. 
Messiah, Park Avenue and 34th St.. Rev. W. R. Alger. 
Third, Sixth Avenue, near 42d St., Rev. O. B. Frothingham. 



54 REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS. 

UNIVERSALIST. 

Tliis denomination has six churches, of which tlie following are the most 
attractive: — 

Divine Paternity, Fifth Avenue and 45th St., Rev. E. H. Chapin, D. D. 
Our Saviour, srth St., near Eighth Avenue, Rev. J. M. Pullman. 

CHURCH OF THE STRANGERS. 

Mercer Street, near 8th St., Rev. C. F. Deems, residence 42'J West 22d St. 

SWEDENBORGIAN. 

No. 114 East 45th St., Rev. Chauncey Giles. 



PENAL AND PUBLIC 

REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS 
AND CHARITIES. 



The care of paupers and criminals devolves upon the Board of 
Charities and Correction, which is composed of three Commis- 
sioners. The institutions under their care are \ev\ extensive 
and excellent, and are principally located upon the islands in 
the East River and Hart's Island. The principal institutions in 
the city are the Bellevue Hospital, which accommodates 1,200 
patients, at the foot of East 2()th Street, and several reception 
hospitals. The Cit}' Prison, familiarly known as the Tombs, a 
massive structure in the Egyptian style, on Centre Street, be- 
tween Franklin and Leonard streets, and four district prisons 
attached to the police courts. 

A large system, embracing relief to out-door poor, free labor 
bureau, attendance upon the sick at their homes, the ambulance 
corps, etc., is also under the care of the Commissioners. The 
total number of persons annually under supervision of the Com- 
missioners, either directly or indirectly, is near 200,000. Aside 
from the two public institutions named above, the principal in- 
terest to the stranger will centre in the islands, as follows: — 



REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS. 55 



BLACKWELL'S ISLAND. 

The principal buildings are upon this island, and are built of 
granite quarried by convicts, on the spot. They are the Alms- 
house for paupers, the Penitentiary for persons convicted of mis- 
demeanors, the Work-house for persons incarcerated for va- 
grancy, drunkenness, and disorderly conduct, the Blind As^dum, 
the Lunatic Asylum for Women, the Epileptic and Paralytic 
Hospital, the Charity, Small-pox, Typhus Fever, Convalescent, 
and Incurable Hospitals. 

WARD'S ISLAND. 

The Insane Asylum for Men, the Inebriate Asylum, the Sol- 
diers' Retreat — an Invalid Asylum for soldiers that served in 
the late civil war in regiments from the city. 

RANDALL'S ISLAND. 

The Nursery i for vagrant and abandoned children, over four 
years of age and under sixteen, whence they are apprenticed to 
trades and service. The Infant Asylum for foundlings, orphans, 
and children of indigent parents, under four years. The Idiot 
Asylum, the inmates capable of improvement being kept in a 
distinct school, and properly instructed. The House of Kefuge, 
under the care of the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile 
Delinquents. The buildings are extensive, the inmates varving 
in number from 700 to 900, and the institution is well worthy of 
a visit. 

HARTS ISLAND. 

The Industrial School for vicious boys, and the City Ceme- 
tery. 

SCHOOL-SHIP " MERCURYt" 

For boys transferred from the industrial school. When not 
cruising, she is usually anchored in the upper part of the East 
Eiv^er. 

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the Nursery, which will modify this department of public charity. 



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58 STAGE AND CAR ROUTES. 

STAGE AND CAR ROUTES. 



CITY RAILROADS. 

Bleecker St. and Fulton Ferry. —From AVest 14th St., Tenth Av., to 

Bleecker, through Bleecker, across Broadway to Crosby, thence to the 

City Hall Park, down Beekman St. to ferry. Returns through Anu 

St. to Park. 
Central Park and North River. — From Central Park, west, through 

59th St. to Tenth Av., thence by river avenues to Battery and South 

Ferry. 
Central Park and East River. — From Central Park, east, through 59th 

St., by East River avenues, connecting with all East River ferries, to 

South Ferry and Eattery. 
Dry Dock and East Broadway. —From East 14th St. to City Hall Park, 

through eastern avenues and East Broadway. 
Grand St., E. R., to Cortlandt St., N. R. — Through Canal, Greenwich 

St., etc. 
Grand St., E. R., to Desbrosses St., N. R. (n. Canal). — Through Grand 

and Vesey sts. 
Thirty-fourth St., E. R. (Hunter's Point Ferry), to City Hall Park, 

through east side avenues. 
Thirty-fourth St., E. R., to Chambers St., N. K., through east side av- 
enues, and across town through Prince and Houston sts. 
Eighth Avenue. — From 125th St. through Eighth Av., Hudson St., 

and West Broadway, to Broadway, at City Hall Park. A branch of 

this road terminates at Canal St. and Broadway. 
Ninth Avenue. — From West 54th St. through Ninth Av., Greenwich 

to cor. Fulton and Broadway. 
Second Avenue. — From Harlem through Second Av., Bowery to Peck 

Slip, E. R. A branch of this road runs from Astoria Ferry, via Second 

Av., to Astor Place, at Broadway. Another branch terminates at 

Worth St. and Broadway. 
Seventh Avenue and Broadway. — From Central Park though Seventh 

Av., Broadway to 14th St. thence Wooster and West Broadway, to 

Broadway, at City Hall Park. A branch terminates at Broome St. 

and Broadway. 
Seventh Avenue. — From Central Park through Seventh Av. to Green- 
wich Av., thence by Washington Park to Thompson, to same terminus 

as above. » 

Sixth Avenue. — From Central Park through Sixth Av. to Canal, West 

Broadway, to cor. Vesey St. and Broadway. A branch terminates at 

Canal St. and Broadway. 
Forty-second St. — From the Grand Central Depot, via Third Av. and 

the Bowery, to City Hall Park. 



STAGE AND CAR ROUTES. 59 

Third Avenue. — From Harlem through Third Av., Bowery, Chatham 

St., to City Hall I'ark. 
West 42d St. — By Tenth Av., 34th St., Broadway, 2od St., Fourth Av., 

14th St., etc., to Grand St., E. R. 
Twenty-third St. — From 23d St., N. R. (Erie Railway ferry to Jersey 

City), directly across town to 23d and 34th sts., E. R. (Green roint 

and Hunter's Point ferries). 
Tenth St. — From Christopher St., N. R. (Hoboken ferry), to foot of 

10th St., E. R. (Greenpoiut ferry and Harlem steamers), intersectiug 

Broadway and the principal avenues. 
1'ourth Avenue. — From Central Park via Madison Av., Grand Central 

Depot, Fourth Av., Bowery, and Centre St., to City Hall Park. 
Avenue C. — From Fourth Av., C. E., 42d St., via Lexington Av., East 

35th St., First Avenue and East 23d St., to East 17th St. and Avenue 

A, to Avenue C, to Third, to First Av., Houston and AVest, to foot of 

Chambers. Returns via Charlton, Prince, Stanton, and Pitt sts., to 

Avenue C. 
Central Crosstown. — From foot East 23d St. via Avenue A and East 

18th sts. to Broadway, through 14th St., Seventh Av., West 11th and 

West sts. to foot of Christopher. 
Christopher and Tenth Sts. — From foot Christopher to Greenwich Av., 

to Clinton PL, to St. Mark's PL to Avenue A, to foot East 10th St. 
Harlem Bridge. Morrisania and Fordham. — From Harlem Bridge up 

Third Av. to Fordham and West Farms. 
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth St. — From Third Avenue and East 

130th St. via Third Av. to 125th St. to N. R. 
South Ferry. — From New Church cor. of Vesey, through Morrisania, 

Greenwich, and State, to South Hamilton and Staten Island ferries. 

Returns through Whitehall and Battery Place to Greenwich. 

NEW YORK ELEVATED RAILWAY. 

From Battery to West 42d St. and 9th Avenue. Lower terminus at 7 
Broadway. There are thirty-three trains each way daily, except 
Sundays, with way stations on Greenwich Street, at Liberty, War- 
ren, Canal, Houston Streets and West 11th, and on Ninth Avenue at 
West 21st, 39th, and 34th Streets. The first train leaves the down- 
town terminus at 6 o'clock a. m., the last at 705 P. m., and from 
the upper terminvis at 42 St., the first train leaves at 6.28 A. M., and 
the last at 7.30 p. m. Fare, 10 cents. 

CITY STAGE ROUTES. 

Broadway and Fifth Avenue Line. — From Fulton Ferry to Grand Cen- 
tral Depot. 

Broadway, 2od St., and Ninth Avenue Line. — From South Ferry 
through Broadway and 23d St., to Ninth Avenue and 30th St. 

Madison Avenue Line. — From Wall St. Ferry to Grand Central Depot. 



60 STAGE AND CAR ROUTES. 

Manhattanville and Boulevard Line. — Runs to Lion, Brewery, Man- 
hattanville, Carmanville, and High Bridge. 

FERRIES. 

The stranger in New York will find much to interest in the various! 

ferries. They should be used freely as time will permit. 

Astoria, from East 92d St. Every 30 minutes from 6 a.m. to 10.30 
p. M. 

Astoria, by Harlem Lines Steamboats from Piers 22 and 24, E. R. 

Brooklyn, Catherine Ferry, from Catherine Slip to Main St., con- 
tinuously. 

Brooklyn, Fulton Ferry, Fulton St. to Fulton St., continuously. 

Brooklyn, South Ferry, Whitehall St. to Atlantic St., continuously. 

Brooklyn, Hamilton Ferry, Whitehall St. to Hamilton Avenue, con- 
tinuously. 

Brooklyn, Wall St. Ferry, Wall St. to Montague St., 6 a. m. to 11 p. m. 

Brooklyn, E. D., Houston St. to Grand St., continuously. 

Brooklyn, E. D., Grand and South 7th St., continuously. 

Brooklyn, E. D., Roosevelt and South 7th St., continuously. 

Governors Island, from Barge Office at Battery, hourly from 7.30 A. M 
to 6 p.m. 

Greenpoint, from 10th St., E R., from 5 A. M. to 1 a. m. 

Greenpoint, from 23d St., E. R., continuously. 

Harlem, Piers 22 and 24 E. R. See daily time table. 

Hoboken, from Barclay St. continuously. 

Hoboken, from Christopher St. from 5.15 a. m. to 12 p. m. 

Hunters Point, from James" Slip half hourly from 7 A. M. to 7 p. m., 
except Sunday. 

Hunters Point, from 34th St., E. Pi., continuously. 

Jersey City, from Desbrosses St., continuously. 

Jersey City, from Cortlandt St., continuously. 

Jersey City, Liberty St. and Central R. R. of N. J. Dock, from 8 a. m. 
to 1.45 P. m., to connect with trains. 

Jersey City, Chambers St., and Pavouia Ferry, Erie R. R. Dock, con- 
tinuously . 

Jersey City, 23d St., N. R. and Pavonia Ferry, Erie R. R. Dock, con- 
tinuously. 

Staten Island, Whitehall St. (S. Shore), see daily time tables. 

Staten Island, A^Tiitehall St. (N. Shore), see daily time tables. 

Staten Island, Pier 19 N. R. (N. Shore), seejdaily time tables. 

For other Ferries see Mackeys " Guide. "• 

RAILROAD DEPOTS. 

Pennsylvania, Cortland, or Desbrosses St. Ferries. The latter is the 

principal depot. 
Flushing and North Shore and Central (L. T.), James' Slip and 34th St. 

Ferries. 



PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. 61 

Central R. R. of New Jersey, Communipaw Ferry, foot of Liberty St. 

Delaware, Lackawanna, & Western, Christopher and Barclay St. Fer- 
ries. The latter is the principal depot. 

Erie, West 23d and Chambers St. Ferries. The latter is the principal 
depot. 

Harlem, Grand Central Depot, Fourth Avenue and 42d Street. 

Hudson River, Grand Central Depot, Fourth Avenue and 42d St. 

Hudson River, Yonkers and Tarrytown, special trains from 30th St. 
and Tenth Avenue. 

Long Island, James" Slip and 34th St. Ferries. 

Newark and New York. Same as Central of N. J. 

New York, New Haven, and Hartford, Grand Central Depot, Fourth 
Avenue and 42d Street. 

New Jersey Midland, same as Pennsylvania. 

New Jersey Southern, Pier 8, North River. 

New York and Long Branch, same as Central of N. J. 

Northern of New Jersey, same as Erie. 

Southern of Long Island, Grand or Roosevelt Street Ferries. 

HACKS AND HACK FARES. 

The stranger in New York, especially if a European, Avill find the 
carriage-sei'vice somewhat inferior and quite expensive. The cab- 
service is more economical, but the same general remarks will apply 
to that also. Parties remaining any length of time in the city would 
do well to find some reliable livery firm from which to hire for drives 
or excursions ; and at all times it is better, although not much cheaper, 
to secure carriages through the office of one's hotel rather than hire 
upon the street. In the latter case, however, a bargain should always 
be made, if possible, in presence of a third party. The municipal 
regulations upon the subject are but little regarded. 



PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. 



Academy of Music, 14th St., corner of Irving Place, a short distance cast ot 

Broadway. Opera. 
Booth's Tiieatkk, corner of 2."d St. and Sixtli Avenue. Classical drama. 
Bowery Theatre, Bowerj-, near Canal St. Popular melodrama. 
Bryant's Minstrels, in 23d St., a few doors west of Sixth Avenue. Negro 

minstrelsy. 
CniCKERi.NG Hall, Fifth Avenue, corner of 18th St. Classical concerts. 
Colosseum, at Broadway and 34th St. Panorama of the siege of Paris and 

Franco-Prussian War. 
Central Park Garoen', Seventh Avenue, corner of 51)th St., summer only 

Thomas's orchestral concerts. 
Eagle Theatee, Broadway and .33d St. Popular drama. 



62 RA CE-CO URS ES. 

Fifth Avenue Theatre, in West 2Sth St., a few doors from Broadway. 
Modern comedies. 

Grand Opera House, cor. 23d St. and Eighth Avenue. Opera bouffe. 

Geumania Theatre, in Tammany Hall, 14th St. German drama. 

Irving Hall, Irving Place, near 14th St. Used for concerts and lectures. 

Lyceum Theatre, 14th St., just west of Sixth Avenue, and three squares west 
of Broadway. French drama. 

Metropolitan Theatre, iu Broadway, opposite Metropolitan Hotel. Vari- 
eties. 

NiBLo's Theatre, on Broadway, between Prince and Houston Sts., in rear 
of Metropolitan Hotel. Spectacular and sensational drama. 

New York Stadt Theatue, in Bowery, nearly opposite the Bowery Theatre. 
German opera and drama. 

Olympic Theatre, 622 Broadway, between Houston and Bleecker Sts. Vari- 
eties. 

Park Theatre, on Broadway, between 21st and 22d Sts. 

Roman Hippodrome, at 27th St. and Madison Square. Used for various pur- 
poses. 

Steinway Hall, East 14th St., near Union Square. Used for concerts and 
lectures. 

Sas Francisco Minstrels, Broadway and 2!)th St. Negro minstrelsy. 

Third Avenue Theatre, Third Avenue, between 30th and olst. 

Tony Pastor's Theatre, 5So and 587 Broadway. 

Ukion Square Theatre, in Union Square, between Broadway and Fourth 
Avenue. Modern comedy. 

VVallack's Theatre, on Broadway, cor. of 13th St., one square below Union 
Park. Standard English and American comedies. 

Wood's Museum, Broadway, near SOth St. Popular spectacular or melu- 
drama. 
The smaller places of amusement are subject to frequent changes. To gain an 

idea of current attractions, consult the announcements in the daily press. 



RACE-COURSES. 



The followinj^ are the principal race tracks near New York. 
There are some others of minor importance, but the list here 
g-iven contains all of general interest to the admirers of this kind 
of sport. 

JEROME PARK 

Is located within the present city limits about thirteen miles 
north from the City Hall, three fourths of a mile from the Ford- 
ham station on the Harlem Railroad, by which it may be reached. 
For driving to the Park there is the choice of routes: through 
the Central Park and Seventh Avenue Boulevard to Macomb's 
Dam, from which the Central Avenue leads directly to the Park; 
or up Broadway to 59th St., thence by the Grand Boulevard to 



RACE-COURSES. G3 

155th St., and bej'ond that through Tenth Avenue to King?- 
bridge, whence a direct road leads a short distance to the Park. 
A pleasant diversion can be made from the latter route by stop- 
ping at the High Bridge Park at Tenth Avenue and 170th St., 
where an inspection of the Bridge and Tower, from which a 
magnificent view maybe obtained, will ropa}^ the time and atten- 
tion bestowed upon it. The racing is usually in the Spring and 
Fall, under the auspices of the American Jockey Club. 

FLEETWOOD PARK 
Is at the junction of lG3d St. and the Harlem Railroad, 
within the city limits, and about ten miles from the City Hall. 
It can be reached by the Harlem Railroad to Morrisania, or by 
driving through the Central Park and Seventh Avenue Boulevard 
to Macomb's Dam, thence up the Central Avenue one and a half 
miles. 

PROSPECT PARK RACE-COURSE 

Is in Brooklyn, about seven miles from the Fulton Ferr}^, which 
should be the Ferrv for the visitor to take going by public con- 
veyance, whence the Coney Island cars will lead directly to the 
Course. For driving it is preferable to cross at the South Ferry, 
passing up Atlantic Avenue to Flatbush, which leads direct to 
the Prospect Park, passing through it to the southwest en- 
trance, Avhence the Coney Island road conducts to the track. 
There is a commodious Club House, and tine Grand Stand upon 
the grounds. 

MONMOUTH PARK. 

This race-course is about four miles from Long Branch, and 
is reached from New York by N. J. Southern R. R. which con- 
nects with steamboat from Pier No, 8, North River, and by the 
Long Branch Division of the Central R. R. of N. J., which leaves 
from foot of Liberty St. North River. (For particulars see daily 
time tabje.) 

The track at this course is one of the best in the country, and 
the steeple-chase course is unequaled. It has a Grand Stand, 
commanding a view of the entire track, and capable of accom- 
modating 5,000 spectators. The racing is of a high order, the 
purses are large, and the best horses are attracted here. The 
racing season begins early in July, and continues at intervals 
throughout the entire summer. 

The programmes for all the above courses are to be found in 
the daily papers as the meetings occur. - 



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BROOKLYN. 



THE CITY OF BROOKLYN. 

Situated on the west end of Long Island, fronting the East River 
opposite New York, of which it is in all business and social rela- 
tions actually a part, although it has a distinct city organization. 
It is the third city of the United States in point of population, 
and has grown with great rapidity, having doubled its inhab- 
itants between the years 1855 and 1870. 'J'he city has some in- 
teresting features, in tasteful streets and prominent buildings, 
but so much of its life belongs to and is infused into New York, 
that it has less of general interest to the traveler than an in- 
dependent city of equal population and wealth. 

PROSPECT PARK. 

The natural inference from the fact that we have given so 
much space to Central Park and so little to Prospect Park, 
would be that the latter is scarce worthy of notice. Such a 
conclusion would, however, be far from just, and to the visitor 
to New York who condescends to be guided by our suggestions, 
we would say that, next to the former, there is no public 
work in New York or vicinity, so interesting as the latter. 
It occupies an irregular piece of ground about five hundred 
acres in extent, lying to the southeast of the city of Brook- 
lyn. The principal entrance is at the intersection of Flatbush 
and Vanderbilt avenues, and the means of access from New 
Y'ork are by the Fulton Ferry and street cars. 

Work upon the Park was begun in 1866, from the plans of 
Messrs. Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the same 
architects who laid out the Central Park. The cost of the land 
was about S5, 000, 000, and the improvements have been nearly 
as much more, making the cost of the Park nearly $10,000,000 ; 
an apparently large sum, but the city has already gained three 
times that amount in the increased value of surrounding prop- 
erty, to say nothing of the more important and valuable in- 
tiuences upon the health and culture of the people. 

The approach to the main entrance is a large plaza in which 
are a magnificent fountain, a bronze statue of Mr. Lincoln, 



BROOK L YN. 65 

erected at an expense of thirteen thousand dollars, by one dollar 
subscriptions from the people of Brooklyn, and two tall masts, 
from which the city and national colors are displayed. 

Within the Park there is much less of artistic detail to be 
described than in the Central Park, and the effort seems to have 
been to supplement the rich natural features of the place by the 
production of magniticent general effects. In natural beauty 
of location and incident, Prospect Park stands, and will re- 
maim, peerless among all the pleasure grounds of this country. 
A splendid growth of native forest trees, bold eminences com- 
manding extensive views over sea and land ; water-courses and 
lakes, just as nature made them, give a charm of freshness that 
no art can supply. These features have been developed by a 
lavish outlay of money, guided by a consummate skill and taste, 
so that as a result we have grand combinations of nature and 
art, so deftly managed that we cannot define the line where nat- 
ure ceases and art begins. 

An interesting feature is the great well with its pumping 
machinery, supplying 750,000 gallons of water daily for the 
uses of the Park at the northeast of the lake, to which it con- 
tributes the supply of water, whereby its extent has been en- 
larged to fifty acres. Around this lake a carriage drive is now 
being constructed. This sheet of water affords a fine opportunity 
for skating in winter and for boating and miniature yachting in 
the summer and at no other place in the country has this sport 
been carried to so great perfection. A commodious house near 
the well gives accommodation to the yachts, many of which 
are models of grace and beauty; some are quaint and curious, 
even to the old style three-deck frigate of a hundred j'ears ago. 
Always upon a fine summer afternoon some of these tiny crafts 
may be seen upon the water, and the regattas are occasions of 
great interest. 

Every Saturdav afternoon in the summer and early autumn 
a fine band of music entertains the visitors at the music stand 
north of the lake. 

A zoological garden of twenty-five acres, and an observatory 
on Lookout Hill, are features projected, but not yet realized. 
The flower terraces, dairy, playground, and the general arrange- 
ment of the central portion of the Park should be visited on foot, 
as many of the finest effects are lost from a carriage. 

There are eleven miles of w^ilks, seven miles of driving roads, 
and three miles of bridle-paths. The annual visitors now num- 
5 



66 BROOKLYN. 

ber more than 7,000,000, Avhich indicates a great public appre- 
ciation. 

Brooklyn is proud of lier park, and well she may be, and her 
people enjoy it to a remarkable degree, and in many very prac- 
tical ways, as the numerous croquet and ball parties on the 
broad meadows, and the hundreds of children to be found at the 
playground on any summer day, will attest. 

THE SURROUNDINGS OF PROSPECT PARK. 
A magnificent system of drives centring at the Park has been 
projected and partly laid out, and when completed will make 
Brooklyn the most attractive city for driving in the United 
States. The Eastern Parkway has been laid out from the Plaza 
to East New York, distance two and a half miles ; the Ocean 
Parkway, 210 feet wide, extends from the southwest corner of the 
Park to the ocean near Coney Island. Others will be laid out 
to Fort Hamilton and Bath, and to Sheep's Head Bay, while it 
is intended to extend the Eastern Parkway to cross the East 
River by a bridge at Blackwell's Island, to connect with the 
Central Park Boulevard. 

THE PARADE GROUND. 

Directly opposite the southern boundary of Prospect Park is 
the King's County Parade Ground, conceded to be the finest 
ground for the purpose in the United States. Being thoroughly 
under-drained, the earth solid, as level as a floor, and the turf 
neatly cut, it affords the National Guard of Brooklyn unequaled 
facilities for military exercise and parade. The Coney Island 
cars run directly to, and the Flatbush cars ver}' nearly to the 
Parade Ground, both from Fulton Ferry. 

THE NAVY YARD. 
The naval station at Brooklyn is the most important in the 
country, and from the extent of the grounds occupied, the num- 
ber of war vessels constantly here, and the variety' of work 
alwaj's going forward, is a most interesting place to visit. The 
naval museum, marine barracks, and the immense dry dock 
(one of the most remarkable structures of the kind in the world) 
that cost $2,000,000, and will accommodate a ship 300 feet long, 
are all points of interest. The Navy Yard is easily reached 
from New York bv the Fulton Ferrv and Street cars. 



BROOKL YN. 67 

HOTELS. 

Mansion House. Hicks St., near Pierrepont. E. R. Yale. 
Pierrepont House. Hicks St., corner Montague. 

PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. 

Academy of Music. Montague St , near Clinton St. 

Hooley's Theatre. Court St., corner Remsen St. 

Park Theatre. Fulton St., opposite the City Hall. 

Brooklyn. Washington St., corner Johnson St. 

Olympic. Fulton, opposite Bridge St. 

Organ Concerts are given at stated intervals in the Plymouth Church, 

Orange St., near Hicks St., and at the Tabernacle, Schermerhorn St., 

near Nevins St. 

LEADING CHURCHES. 

BAPTIST. 
East Brooklyn. Bedford Ave. near Myrtle Ave. Rev. H. Hutchins. 
First. Nassau cor. Liberty Sts. Rev. J. B. Thomas, D. D. 
Hanson Place. Hanson Place, cor. S. Portland Ave. Rev. J. B. 

Thomas, D. D. 
Lee Avenue. Lee Ave. near Wilson St. (E. D.) Rev. I. Hyatt Smith. 
Strong Place. Strong Place, cor. Degraw St. Rev. Galusha Anderson, 
D. D. 

CONGREGATIONAL. 

Central Tabernacle. Hancock St. and Franklin Ave. Rev. H. M. 

Scudder, D. D. 
Clinton Avenue. Clinton Ave. cor. Lafayette Ave. Rev. AV. I. Bud- 

dington, D. D. 
Church of the Pilgrims. Henry St. cor. Remsen St. Rev. R. S. Storrs, 

D. D. 
Plymouth. Orange St. near Hicks St. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. 
Lee Avenue. Lee Ave. cor. Hewes St. (E. D.) Rev. Edward Eggleston. 
Bethel Mission. Hicks St. near Fulton St. Rev. C. M. Morton. 

LUTHERAN. 
St. Luke's. Carlton Ave. near Myrtle Ave. Rev. J. H. Baden. 
St. Matthew's. Atlantic Ave. near Third Ave. Rev. S. Hartman. 

METHODIST EPISCOPAL. 
Hanson Place. Hanson Place, cor. St. Felix St. Rev. E. G. Reed. 
Pacific Street. Pacific St. cor. Clinton St. Rev. A. S. Hunt, D. D. 
Seventh Avenue. Seventh Ave. cor. Butler St. Rev. E. I. Haynes. 
Sands Street. Sands St., near Fulton St. Rev. George Taylor. 

PRESBYTERIAN. 

Brooklyn Tabernacle. Schermerhorn St. near Nevins. Rev. T. DeWitt 
Talmage, D. D. 



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Classon Avenue. Olasson Ave. near Monroe St. Rev. I. T. Duryea, D. D. 
First. Henry St. near Clark St. Rev. N. Seaver, D. D. 
Lafayette Avenue. Lafayette Ave. cor. Oxford St. Rev. T. L. Cuyler, 
D.D. 

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL. 

Christ. Clinton St. cor. Harrisou St. Rev. L. W. Bancroft, D. D. 
Grace. Hicks St. near Renisen St. Rev. W. A. Snively, D. D. 
Holy Trinity. Clinton St. cor. Montague St. Rev. C. H. Hall, D. D. 
St. Ann's. Clinton St. cor. Livingston St. Rev. N. H. Schenck, D. D. 
St Peter's, State St. near Bond St. Rev J. A. Paddock, D. D. 

KEFOKMED (DUTCH). 

Bedford Avenue. Bedford Ave. cor. Glynn St. (E. D.) Rev. E. S. Por- 
ter, D. D. 

Church on the Heights. Pierrepont near Clinton. Rev. David Ingles, 
D. D. 

Middle. Harrison cor. Tompkius Place. Rev. E. P. IngersoU. 

KOMAN CATHOLIC. 

St. James Cathedral. Jay cor. ChapeL Very Rev. John F. Turner. 
St. Charles Borromeo. Sidney Place cor. Livingston. Rev. F. I. Freel, 

D. D. 
St. Paul's. Court St. cor. Congress St. Rev. R. I. Maguire. 
St. Peter's. Hicks St. cor. Congress St. Rev. Jos. Fransioli. 
St. Peter and St. Paul. 2d St. near So. 2d (E. D.) Rev. S. Malone. 

UNITAKIAN. 
Church of the Saviour. Pierrepoiut cor. Monroe PL Rev. A. P Put- 
nam. 
Kerr ChapeL Clinton cor. Congress St. Rev. I. W. Chadwick. 

UNIVERSAL. 
Church of Our Father. Clermont Ave. near Atlantic Ave. Rev. H. 
R. Nye. 

MISCELL.VNEOUS. 
Swedenborgian. Monroe PL cor. Clark St. Rev. I. 0. Ager. 

Moravian. Jay St. near Myrtle Ave. Rev. Schultz. 

Friends (Hicksite). Schermerhorn near Boerum. 
Friends (Orthodox). Washington Ave. cor. Lafayette Ave. 

LIBRARIES AND LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS. 

The Mercantile Library has a fine building erected in 1868, at a cost of 
$150,000, admirably adapted to its purposes, on Montague St. near 
Court St. It has a library of 50,000 volumes, admirably selected, 
and is rapidly adding to its numbers. An institution deserving 
a visit from any persons interested in the subject of popular li- 
braries. 



BROOKL YN. 69 

The Brooklyn Institute and Youth's Free Library, Washington St. 
near Concord St. Library of 12,000 volumes. 

Long Island Historical Society, Court St. cor. of Joralemon. Has 
a library of 20,000 volumes, and many valuable treasures of his- 
tory and art. 

Law Library in the Court House. 

Brooklyn Library Association, E. D. 8,000 volumes. 

BROOKLYN ART ASSOCIATION 

Has a fine building on Montague St. near Clinton. Twice in each 
winter free exhibitions of paintings, extending over a period of 
about ten days, of loan collections, are made, and free classes of in- 
struction in art. 

YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. 

Fulton Avenue, corner Gallatin Place. Free reading room. Library, 
Lectures, and classes free to all members upon payment of *2.00 per 
year. 



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♦ 

COAT. 

Length, from 1 to 2 and 3. 

Arm, 4 to 5 and 6. 

Around the breast, under 

the coat, 7. 
Around the waist, under the 

coat, 8. 
Height, — feet — inches. 
Weight, — lbs. 

VEST. 

Length, from 1 to 13, with 
last two coat measures. 

PANTS. 

Outside seam from top of 

waistband, 10. 
Inside leg seam, from crotch, 
12. 
Around the waist, under the coat, 8. 
Around the hips, under the coat, 14. 




We are doing a very large and increasing business by the above sys- 
tem of measiirement, which is used successfully by hundreds of our 
patrons. Samples and prices promptly forwarded by mail upou re- 
quest. 

DEVLIN & CO. 



P. O. BOX 2256, NEW YORK. 



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MODE OF MEASUREMENT 

1. Size of Neck, at 1. 

2. Length of Shirt, from 2. 

3. Length of Sleeve, from 3 to 4, 

and 5, and 6. 

4. Across the breast from 7 to 8. 

5. Around the Breast. 




REMARKS. 

state, when ordering, whether — 
Open Front or Back. 
High or low at neck. 
Style of Bosom, plain or plaited 
Cuffs attached or detached. 
Collars attached or detached. 
Buttons, Studs, or Evelets. 



6. Around the Waist. 
Collars and cuffs detached from the shirt involve an extx-a expen.«e. 

We are the sole manufacturers of the above Shirt, which Ave supply 
either ready-made or to order. Our stock of Fancy Shirtings is always 
large. Prices and information promptly forwarded by mail, when re- 
quested. 

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THE CLOTHING HOUSE 

OF 

DEVLIN AND COMPANY, 



To the stranger visiting New York, the representative houses in the 
several leading branches of business cannot fail to be objects of great 
interest, and it would take a large volume to detail them all. Atten- 
tion, however, is directed to the distinguished firm named above, as to 
almost every man visiting the metropolis a knowledge of the most 
fashionable and reliable clothing and merchant tailoring house is a 
necessity. This firm has had an honorable career in New York of 
nearly forty years, and during the greater part of that period has been 
decidedly the leading house in the trade. The entire range of mens 
and boys' clothing, from moderate priced ready made goods to the finest 
custom garments, gentlemen's furnishing goods, shirts ready made or 
to order ; and house garments, for which they are the first house in 
the country, are within the scope of the business. 

The success of this firm is due to the highly artistic style, and the 
perfect honesty of material and workmanship in all its products, as 
well as to the perfect soundness of the business principles upon which 
its transactions are conducted. 

Always one price to all buyers ; a plain statement of the material 
used placed upon every garment ; moderation of prices, which are 
always at or below the market rate, — are cardinal points that may 
always be depended upon by their patrons, and it is the large class of 
people that have proved these to be facts by personal test that creates 
the grand constituency which makes such a business possible. 

Gentlemen in New York during or after the centennial period re- 
quiring garments of any kind, either ready made or made to order, 
cannot do better than to examine the stock of Devlin & Co. They 
are prepared with everything in the clothing line which may reason- 
ably be asked for, either in quality, color, size, or style, and, for par- 
ties desiring garments to order, their stock of piece goods, embracing 
the styles and novelties in woolen fabrics for men's Avear from the 
leading markets of the world, will suit the most fastidious. American 
fancy goods — fast supplanting many foreign fabrics — with novelties 
from London, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna ; cloths from England, France, 
and the Rhine provinces of Prussia ; worsted suitings from Roubaix, 
Yorkshire, and the west of England, — all these and many other goods 
of kindred nature are on the counters of their Custom Department, 
which always contains the most complete stock in the country. These 
goods are cut by the most skillful cutters, made by the best workmen, 
and thus facilities are offered for securing the best kinds of garments. 

New York leads the world in fine tailoring, and Devlin & Co. lead 
New York. 



TRAVELERS 

Will find at all times in our store au immense as- 
sortment of elegant 

adapted to all seasons of the year. 

The high standard of style and workmanship 
maintained in all our products enables gentlemen 
of taste to select garments from our stock, of 
elegant cut, superior fabric, and workmanship 
equal to average custom work, thus saving the 
time and trouble of having them made to order. 

Any gentleman temporarily in New York, de- 
siring clothing, should at least 

EXAMINE OUR STOCK, 

and if not suited, our Custom Department 
affords all the facilities of first-class order work. 

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